Several days with high temperatures that will keep getting hotter as the weather goes on. The weather will bring the risk of power outages. And its why we have Team Coverage on whats to come and how to handle i. We start with sandhya patel. Hot enough to make you sweat, dion and dan. Lets take a look at the red flag warning first. That goes into Effect Tomorrow night. It runs until 8 00 a. M. The winds at 35 to 50 miles an hour. The diablo winds will dry it out even more and any fires that develop will quickly spread. Heres a look at the hour by hour wind forecast. As we head into tomorrow night and sunday, the winds begin to increase. These are lower elevation winds, cal stoeg, a 29 miles an hour. 24 miles an hour at middletown. Now on sunday we have a second round of gusty winds coming. That has prompted a wind advisory from 2 00 a. M. To 10 0 a. M. Tree limbs may get knocked down by the gusty winds. The human with the down sloping wind is really going to drop. So tomorrow afternoon, 26 in fairfield. 27 in antioch. But watch what happens sunday. Final humidity, napa, clear lake down to 8 . This is a weekend where you want to take things seriously and definitely remain vigilant. Thanks. With the heat expected to heat the local beaches seeking relief but officials are urging folks reconsider in the name of safety. Cornell bernard is live for us. Locals are bracing themselves. Reporter i have to tell you, its been a gorgeous day here if west marin. Check out those waves behind me. The temperatures only going to get hotter. That is what locals are really concerned about. Nearby Stinson Beach is the place to be but covid has changed all that. Folks here are hoping that people just stay home this weekend. Big waves crashing at Stinson Beach and the weather is warming up. Still lots of room to socially dibls on the sand. Kelly oleary and her family visiting from San Francisco. We were hoping to avoid the crowds. As it gets more crowded, well be heading out. Reporter crowds like these labor day weekend, it got so congested, the beach was nearly closed. Locals dont want a repeat performance. It does get too busy and its dangerous. Its dangerous for everybody. Reporter but incoming traffic was already building on highway 1. Were expecting a big crowd. Reporter sergio owns Stinson Beach market. Even monday, we may be closing earlier. About 3 00, 4 00 p. M. Reporter sergio has taped off the sitting area in front of his store to keep big crowds from hanging out. The whole point is to keep employees safe. Reporter signs are everywhere down telling visitors to wear a mask and watch for crowds. They told abc7 news, while we will not be closing ahead of the weekend, visitors traveling by car may experience temporary delays or short term closures during peak visitation ours. The San FranciscoFire Department said as tempting as beach road trip may be, you may want to keep it local. Consider some other options. Lakes and coastal access areas if you want to go in the water. Dont forget, the water is very, very close. Live from the beach where the tide is coming in. A beach hazard statement is in effect this evening. At ocean beach, sneaker waves are possible this weekend. The message, never turn your back on the surf and no matter what youre doing this weekend, stay safe and try to stay cool. Some great reminders there. In the past hour, pg e has provided details about which bay area counties will be impacted by a public power safety shutoff. Napa is the only bay area county affected. Pg e is estimating about 180 customers could lose power. It is expected to start sunday morning. The shutoffs like the are instituted when weather warrants in it an effort to prevent wildfires. The heat plus low humidity and high winds adds up to the perfect conditions for major wildfire danger the next few days. Eric thomas is live in walnut yeek a story of the heat. The red flag fire warning. Reporter the city of concord is worried enough about this that they are closing two popular hiking areas, parts of new hall park because of the high fire danger that starts tomorrow at sun down and it runs completely through to 8 00 monday morning when the red flag warning is supposed to dissipate. This weekend in anticipation of the heat and fire danger, we have people here worried about comfort and safety. You would be hard pressed to find Better Weather for taking baby on a stroll. But thats today. This weekend, look out. Reporter kate lee and daughter eliza are having time indoors. Probably beat the heat. I dont like to walk her when its super hot. Reporter sues ana has the same game plan. When it gets hot, we have to defer to some indoor activities like playdoh and music time. Reporter theyre both counting on air conditioners to keep them cool. But norm an grimes, owner of heating the air conditioning, expects his phone to ring off the whook the heat comes on but the a c units wont. Were anticipating a whole lot of business this weekend. I have guys on call and well be taking all the emergencies that we can. Reporter there is one big problem. A nationwide park shortage means grimes has six weeks of work scheduled but only one week of parts contra costa firefighters are preparing for this weekend too. Some have just returned from the wildfires that scorched hundreds of thousands of achers this summer just in time for the trend of high temperatures, gusty winds and low humidity. That whole set of circumstances combines to make a very, very high fire danger. Reporter the Spokesman Says thats why confire will hae extra crews and resources on call this weekend in hopes it will be enough. The conditions will be ripe for wildfires to get away from us, in spite of our best efforts. Reporter he says if there is one message he can lead with, it is to call 911 immediately if you think a fire has started, so they can get the jump on it and not wait at all on that. Also, a new piece of firefighting equipment available to confire. A brand new helicopter that can be used for water drops. It can be put into operation almost instantly. And that will come in handy. Thank you. A fan or at least an extra one could help you get through the weekend more comfortably, but you might have trouble finding one in stock. Leslie brinkley found that the problem can be traced to the pandemic. Reporter its a fact. People are going wild with home improvements. There was a run on freezers and refrigerators in the spring. With factories scaling back and consumers in a buying frame of mind, a shortage of major Home Appliances is now materializing. Some of the purchases are based on necessity. More people are replacing their appliances because frankly, theyre getting more use than they used to get. Reporter the life panel is for most appliances is just seven or eight years. If youre working from home, youre opening the frig 20 time more per day. You might be cooking more at home. That will affect the need for repairs. Theres a backlog on repair services. We happen to have the benefit of having a large selection. Reporter other stores report theyre selling floor models to desperate buyers who cant wait. Those appliances like warningers and dryers and ovens have contributed to a 9 increase in the cargo coming over from asia in the last few months into the port of oakland. On many days, shipmes have to anchor. Youre even shortages of very proceeds ache things like the trailers that you put the trailer on. While we have this surge, it may take a little longer to get your cargo. Retailers suggest being flexible about the brand and the feet ours a Home Appliance to score one quickly. We would anticipate a lot more remote workers. Extremely high demand is projected in the next six to eight months. The pandemic has dramatically altered Higher Education and thats not lost on the chancellor of the California State University system. Youll hear from him tonight. And next, well talk live with news contributor and chronicle insider phil matt and the veterans that never quit on their team. When being a fan gets tough, and stretching your budget gets even tougher. Our agents put in the time and legwork for you,. So saving on Auto Insurance is easy. Because saving a little extra goes a long way. Usaa. What youre made of, were made for. Look at this. A driver heading eastbound on the bay bridge got video of someone riding the bike in the slow lane. The driver, jonathan freeman, said he did what he could to run interference and basically escort the cyclist, as some were honking at the cyclist. The last thing it shows is the biker pulling to the side. Weve seen this kind of thing on the bay bridge before. Its never safe even though theres a bike lane, you cant access it from where they travel. Police, this afternoons clash unfolded across the street from the event taking place at courthouse square. Thats where about 50 people carried signs and waved flags to support police. One map knelt as the National Anthem was being sung. Organizers urged to not bring signs but one person held one reading black lives murder. They intend to keep the message pro police. The basic message is that we like our police the way it is. We dont think it is worth reimagining it right now when we are having so many issues in this country. I live in the city for 25 years. Ive never seen anything that crazy in terms of treatment of police, the way theyre being demonized and defamed and i dont think its fair. It is one thing to advocate for police reform. Its another to create the culture where police are individually attacked. Sponsors told us the event was planned a month ago and hit nothing to do with this weeks decision to not charge officers in the death of breonna taylor. Nflt dozens of San Francisco schools could be potentially renamed. An Advisory Committee has been looking at names for months. Theyve now identified 44 schools that need renaming criteria. Andle schools are named after historic figures including George Washington and dianne feinstein. A meeting about name suggestions will be held in november. And San Francisco chronicle insider and contributor phil mattier is with us. You reported on these possible name changes in july. Its pretty wide ranging. This came around the same time we had the debate about whether or not to cover over the murals about depicting George Washingtons life which includes images of slavery and the general over side of native americans. What about other schools . Theyve come one 44 suggestions. Including some rather prominent people lying George Washington, thomas jefrg, and a host of other american figures. It was very wide reaching. It could be anyone directly or indirectly involved in slavery or colonization or the abuse of women or the exploitation of workers. In other words, a lot of people that would be deemed politically incorrect. But the catch on this is that if youre involved in colonization, well, then if did you the midnight night of paul revere, youre on the list to have your name possibly removed. This is awfully complex. Can you tell us a little about how they will come to their decisions . Do parents even get a say . This is all in the committee section. Who goes on committees. Penal who are interested, people pushing for things and thats why this agenda system they worked out is very broad. This is just part of the process. The next will be submitting it to the board of education for review and possible change. The board has been willing in the past, like i am, with the George Washington high school murals, to go along with the idea of there needs to be a change and a correction of history. Possibly, however, say what are you going to do . Put an asterisk up saying this was formerly George Washington high school . Its an historical fact that it was for some time. Even Abraham Lincoln is in the cross hairs. Although he was opposed to slavery, the eanswer that participation proclamation didnt cover all the states. Just those second edded from the union. Also, he refused to pardon 35 indians who were hanged after an uprising in minnesota. If you go through list, whether it is junipero sierra or Abraham Lincoln or any of the other names, you kind of get a history of American History that you didnt quite hear before. Okay. So another topic we want to talk about, the darrel of justice says San Francisco may be in violation of the First Amendment because of its covid19 restrictions on religious services. What have you heard from city officials . What they say, they have the Justice Department raising the issue. It is basically, the argument is if you let gyms open up for 10 occupancy, why conallow churches to do the same . If you allow retail to open, and malls, why cant you allow church . Its gathering people. It was part of a protest last swunld the archbishop of San Francisco raising the issue. And i think the feds got the cue from that. But city halls response is, okay, this is a health issue. Were trying to do things indoors. That makes it much more difficult than outdoors. And by the way, by next week, there is a good chance San Francisco will be opening the doors of churches for 25 occupancy, and up to 50 people. Im not sure if the Catholic Church thinks thats enough but thats where the city is going and theyre saying to the feds, you go take care of your business. Well take care of ours. Were very happy with our infection rates or lack of infection rates in San Francisco and this is why. It sounds like this could end up being a moot point as always. Thank you. Thanks, phil. Lets take a live look outside at San Francisco. This is coming from our sutro tower camera. Even the city is going to get pretty hot this im to help californias 19 most vulnerable. Over 24,000 homes were destroyed by wildfires in less than two years. Too many of those victims are also hit with a sudden tax hike after their forced to move. Its wrong. Prop 19 limits taxes on wildfire victims and limits taxes on seniors and severely disabled homeowners. 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It will get even more serious if there are new fires, right . And we will again sort of be in despair. So those bigger issues will hit us. If there are rolling blackouts or whatever, well roll with it and figure it out. Yom kippur is the day of atonement. What an appropriate way to put it. The heat, it will still be hot at sun down when the holiday starts. Yeah, sandhya is here with a combination of factors that could really increase our fire danger, too. Yeah. Its that time of year when we see the down sloping winds, what we call the diablo winds. If you recall the october firestorm a few years back. Its basically the same sort of set up. It tends to heat up the atmosphere. So it dries it out even more and that can lead to fires rapidly spreading if they break out. So lets hope they can break without that happening. I want to show you a live look and the skies are becoming hazier. Air quality will be declining as we head into the weekend. Increasing winds and fire danger. The heat wave will continue into early next week. And smokier skies and record temperatures are likely, especially as we head toward monday. Air quality advisory was steppeded by the air district through tomorrow because of the wildfire, smoke impacts, we do have some pockets of moderate air quality from san rafael to oakland, san jose right now, but did elsewhere. This will be the best air quality for a few days. The blue across the region. But the oranges and pinks are indicating more smoke moving in tomorrow afternoon in the inland east bay at 3 00. And notice what happens by tomorrow night. The pitchings are indicating heavier smoke, wider area going to be under that. It wont be smoky the entire weekend and it is not expected to be as bad as it was a few weeks ago. So some good air quality and then back to bad as the smoke moves in from the south sunday night. A live look right now from our santa cruz camera. Be careful. Big breakers. Live doppler 7 showing you a few clouds, patchy fog, thats it. Around the monday ray bay. Low 60s to low 80s, it was a touch cooler today. As you look at the morning lows, mid 50s to mid 60s with limited fog in just a couple of high clouds. The afternoon highs look like this. 85 in san jose. This isnt the heat wave. This is just the beginning of the warming trend. 79, san mateo, 68 in pacific dlafl down San Francisco will get warm. 75 degrees. North bay, 86 in san rafael, up to 91 in calistoga, heading into the east bay. Berkeley, 78, inland areas, hazy and hot. 92, concord. I want to show you whats ahead for sunday. It gets even hotter. 70s at the beaches. The marine layer gets pretty much blown away so on monday, 80s in San Francisco. Were talking 104 in concord. The heat will bring some records on mop. The sevenday forecast, windy, especially with the higher elevations. Be careful the heat wave continues i