Our dangerous heat wave arrived today, and its only going to get hotter tomorrow. Were tracking the recordbreaking temperatures. Excessi creating several concerns. One, health. Two, slow business traffic. Three, potential power shutoffs. Raising money for the Boulder Creek volunteer fire department. Abc 7 news starts right now. Good evening and thanks for joining us, im indion lim. Imatcri is on, another scorr tomorrow. Lets get to meteorologist drew tuma. Were tracking even hotter temperatures tomorrow, eric and dion. Right now, a warm night, 79 in the city. 80 san jose. 77 in oakland. The air quality is moderate across the entire region, however, if you have been smelling a pretty strong, new smell of smoke, there is in fre start today, the creek fire. It did send a lot of smoke into the atmosphere. There are no new fires in the bay area tonight, but there is a lot of smoke in our atmosphere from that fire in Fresno County. Future tracker temperatures, get your workout in early by 8 00. 60s and 70s. Tomorrow afternoon is going to be dangerously hot. Excessive heat warnings are in effect. Well let you know those recordbreaking temperatures in the full forecast in a few minutes. These high temperatures have prompted pg e to issue a Public Safety power shutoff watch for several places throughout the bay area on tuesday and wednesday. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena spoke to struggling Business Owners who are seeing the Financial Impact of the second heat wave of the year. Reporter its not the Holiday Weekend that anyone pictured, but then again, the last six months have been far from that. You cant catch a break. Between the lightning and the heat waves and the fires and the its like, what is happening . You know, its crazy. Reporter adding to the list, the second heat wave of the year. We had a heat wave a couple of weeks ago as well. Its like, we cant really catch a break in the bay. Reporter the National Weather service calling it dangerous and lifthreatening temperatures. Downtown pleasanton, temps are projected to hit 112 tomorrow. Today 106. Its keeping many people away from outdoor dining. Not a lot of people want to eat outside. Its very quiet. We typically have a heavy takeout business, so people are coming to pick up and go home. Even with this heat wave, even that has started to dwindle. Reporter many businesses were hoping the Holiday Weekend would be their saving grace with outdoor dining. Not all the locations in this area have fans. Even then, theyre just blowing hot air at you. Reporter higpeem tretura pg power shutoff watch for a large portion of the bay area tuesday to wednesday. Right now, no Public Safety l dwe and no specific areas have been pinpointed and no customers at this point have been notified. Reporter but the potential of the operator calling for rolling outages is there. You have a very short notification window. If that emergency does occur, with the state operator, we have to pull those customers off. Reporter many things are out of our hands, but we can reduce energy use from 3 00 p. M. To 9 00 p. M. Each day, and hopefully we will finally catch a break. Developing news in the Sierra Nevada mountains. A military helicopter is working to rescue people trapped by a wildfire burning near a lake in froes know county. You heard drew allude to it. 150 people are trapped. The creek fire has burned 36,000 acres since it broke out yesterday. Reporter gilbert maggione tells us more. Reporter as the creek fire 1s in fresno and madera counties, adjustment of weekend plans. Mark coleman was at his big creek Vacation Home when he saw flames and decided it was time to go. To have this coming up the canyon at you is very start li. Ngorter before he packed his backs and took off, he took proactive measures to protect his and his neighbors property. We got the hoses out, charged them, and we sprayed down the neighborhood. Just in an abundance o his family were evacuated by authorities. They were planning to spend the Holiday Weekend at their cabin in big creek. He says the smoke was horrible. As soon as i opened the door, it hit me in the face, all the smoke, the smell. Reporter they got out of there quick and were able to avoid traffic. As people left, highway 168 was backed up for miles. Get out. I wanted to scream as we were driving past everybody, just get out. Reporter two evacuation sites have been established. One at foothill elementary in preever, another in north fork. As the situation continues to evolve, were determining where best to position our volunteers. Reporter the Central CaliforniaAnimal Disaster Team are also helping with pets. The coronavirus has changed some procedures at evacuation shelters. People Must Wear Masks and social distance. That was reporter gill bear maggione. Investigators are working to find what sparked the creek fire. Extreme heat could strain the states power grid. Were all being energy. Were under flex alert for the Holiday Weekend. There is a possibility of more rolling blackouts, but state power Officials Say there are no scheduled right now. Instead, Utility Companies will focus on conservation during peak periods from 3 00 p. M. To 9 00 p. M. The statewide flex alert runs through labor day. Many bay area beaches are closed for the Holiday Weekend because of the pandemic. In marin county, visitors are not allowed at Point Reyes National seashore and that maam bay. Santa cruz county has closed all its beaches except for a few hours each day. Pacifica has closed all of its beaches until Tuesday Morning. Are open in half moon bay, and despite pleas from city officials for people to comply, many appeared to ignore social distancing guidelines while they cooled off this afternoon. People still flocked to pacifica even though beaches there are closed. Traffic moved slowly on highway 1. Local officials closed beachfront parking lots and city leaders say people suspected of violating the beach Closure Order could be cited and face fines. Most of the beaches in the north bay are open, and they are popular spots this weekend. Abc 7 News Reporter anser hassan talked to people who headed to Stinson Beach to escape the heat. Reporter Stinson Beach was a hot spot for those trying to escape this weekends recordbreaking bay area heat. We have a friend that comes every saturday, religiously, so we want to join them this weekend. Reporter body boarding to basketball football among the activity on this the beach. For others, a chance to sit and relax. Ive been constantly in front of a computer, working from home for so long, that i just want to be able to relax in an open environment. Reporter but the chance of big crowds is a cause for concern. Cases of covid19 jumped nationwide after memorial day weekend, and there was a similar pattern after the fourth of july. Ou sometimess. Reporter sometimes, Stinson Beach parking lots were packed. Theres always a concern, but i would say everybody, as you can see, is pretty much social distancing. I dont really see groups of people that dont know each other that are together. Most of the groups out here are pretty tight. Theyre together and they know each other. But i think the social distancing out here is good. It is very hot. I get out, hope for some wind. Reporter mike howard came it may be hth fil justd needed out. Even though its hot, id rather be outside than cooped up in the house. Reporter as temperatures climb Margaret ToddSenior Center in novato is one of three cooling centers in marin county that will be open starting sunday. Lets get a check of how firefighters are doing battling the three biggest wildfires across northern california. In the north bay, the lnu lightning complex has burned over 375,000 acres since breaking out 18 days ago. It is 89 contained. Cal fire says crews had a tougher time fighting the fire today because of hotter, drier conditions. The massive scu lightning complex has burned more than 396,000 acres across parts of seven counties. Its now 88 contained. Cal fire expects crews to face tough conditions again tomorrow when temperatures could reach triple digits and the humidity will be very low. The czu complex in santa cruz and san mateo counties has been particularly deructive. Tonight, a look at the helping hand for some of those who have been on the front lines fighting the flames. Could we see a poste so youre a small bor a big one. You were thriving, flourishing, but then. Oh. Okay. Time to think, plan, pivot. How do you bounce back . You dont, you bounce forward, with powerful connectivity. Serious and reliable internet that lets you go bigger and better, with more sharing, more making. 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We want to do our best to help the people that have literally risked their lives to help us. Reporter proceeds and tips from ponos hawaiian grill in santa cruz is their way of saying thank you. Those guys work really hard. And its they deserve a little break, a little something, saying good job, guys. Reporter as fire crews continue to contain the czu lightning economics, sky 7 flew over the fires path. Over 900 homes have been destroyed. Several in boulder eeercrk. Sho seeing a pile of rubble. Steeing up to what is nothing now. Reporter megan and her family had only been living in their home for one month. Their house is gone. Their neighbors house is still standing. They have no plans on moving. Seeing the house today has solidified my resolve to rebuild exactly on that land on that property, around my neighbors in that same neighborhood. We will be back. The heart sank. So many places have burned down. Im glad we could help. Reporter you can donate to the Boulder Creek volunteer fire department. We have a link on abc7news. Com. Heres a quick look at todays coronavirus headlines in california. More than 4,900 diagnosed cases were reported today. Thats just about 200 more than the sevenday average. Another 153 deaths were reported as well, pushing california closer to 14,000. The Positivity Rate keeps on dropping, which is a good sign. The sevenday is 4. 1 , one of t. Weloe Health Experts are warning of a potential coldweather surge of coronavirus cases. Researchers with Johns Hopkins school ofco mnd wavineed will r october. They believe it could lead to a catastrophic number of infections and deaths. The worst would not hit until election day or just after, leading to a daily death toll of around 1,900 people. This pattern was predicted early based on other kinds of viruses also expected to spread. We are expecting to see this doublesurge, if you will, of both of coronavirus and the influenza virus, which can present very similarly. More than 410,000 people in the u. S. Are projected to die by the end of the year. Shifting to the weather now, talking about scorching temperatures. Downright dangerous out there at times, drew. Yeah, eric and dion, it was hot today. We had several records broken, including napa. Tomorrow will be even hotter. We expect even more records to break with some very warm temperatures tomorrow afternoon. Tonight wellake you outside, sutro tower showing t you the s francisco skyline, hazy this evening. Air quality is going to be an issue on. Ai air day coming again tomorrow. Were on that record streak where weve been at 18, 19plus days in a row, spare the air days. Smoke in our atmosphere, we now have new fires that have started today. One in Fresno County, the creek fire, is putting a lot of smoke into the atmosphere. Likely were going to continue to see these moderate toroo p only tomorrow, also for labor day itself. 78 in San Francisco right now. 80 in san jose. 81 concord and vallejo. 73 in santa rosa. 82 in livermore. No marine layer, the fog is absent, so theres no cooling factor. Warm overnight tonight. Numbers will call into the 60s and 70s. This will create the launching pad to get us very warm very quickly tomorrow afternoon. Look the highs tomorw. Ro south bay, this is why we have an excessive heat warning in effect tomorrow. Were going for a record high of 102 in san jose. 109 the high in gilroy. 100 for cupertino. Along the peninsula, 99 in palo alto. 101 in redwood city, a record. 95 in san mateo. Pacifica, the coast will be warm, a high of 80. Downtown San Francisco, were going to see a wide range in our afternoon temperatures. Loontica c iitys tomorrow, depending on how hot you get. Downtown in the financial district, 93 degesre closer to the water in the sunset, a little cooler but warm with a temperature of 76 degrees. The north bay, its hot tomorrow, 106 would be a record in santa rosa. 105 in novato and sonoma. 104 in napa. Eae thst bay into the 90s, 96 would be a record in oakland. 98 union city. Inland, this is dangerously hot. These are very hot temperatures. 112 in pittsburg. 111 in pleasanton. 112 in livermore. By monday night, winds begin to pick up. A fire weather watch will go into effect for north bay hills and east bay hills for gusty winds out of northnortheast that will increase our fire danger, especially on tuesday. Accuweather sevenday forecast. Dangerous heat tomorrow. The heat list remains high for labor day. Then winds pick up early Tuesday Morning for that high fire danger. Thankfully the winds will calm down wednesday morning. It will lessen the threat and heat will ease for the second half of the sevenday forecast. 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