A live picture. You see it there. A gorgeous sunset, made possible through all of the smoke were getting. A beautiful picture there. We begin our team coveragemayed. The microclimate disappeared. We had temperatures as hot as they were about three years ago, september 1st and 2nd of 2017, the last time regionally we saw temperatures this hot. Including San Francisco hitting 100 degrees. Lets show you the temperatures compared to coverage, anywhere from 22 to 28 degrees hotter than the average temperature for this time of year. San jose, 105, concord, nap a 110. Unfortunately, many of the same locations have a chance of seeing similar temperatures again tomorrow. We have the excessive heat warning until 9 00 on monday. Bayside temperatures, mostly 80s and 90s. Another thing to keep in mind, is a change in the wind. This time tomorrow into tuesday, look how dry things get in the hills of the north bay heading towards tuesday. Once the excessive heat warning starts to expire, the red flag warning gets under way. Another challenge toward the middle part of the week. Well tuck about the wind speeds and when cooler temperatures can make a comeback in our forecast ten minutes from now. Back to you. In the trivalley, a brutal day. That didnt stop some people from waiting in line to shop. We have more from ginger, live in livermore. You cant keep a good shopper down. You cannot, terry. Its past 8 00. But according to the weather updates on my phone, its 100 degrees here in livermore. And it very much feels like a hot, summer day. You can imagine how stifling it felt earlier in the day when the area clocked in record setting 111 degrees. That being said, these outlets behind me, were packed with people and shoppers looking to get their labor day deals. Shoppers did their best to stay socially distanced, while waiting in line outside of the various stores at the outlets here in livermore in the blistering heat. The triple digit temperatures and unhealthy air quality were no match for shoppers looking to score for labor day deals and have a reason to get out of the house. Like vegas heat. Its like 115. It just goes through your skin. I mean, it is very hot. It bothered me more in the house than it does out here right now. Reporter the scene could not have been more different, where the heat kept customers and businesses away and forced some businesses to close earlier in the day. Here at the outlets, one was surprised how many people showed up and waited in lines. These outlets are open from 11 00 a. M. To 7 00 p. M. This labor day weekend, theyre advertising deals and sales up to 70 . Its no wonder why some people couldnt say no. Live in livermoore. A threat of rolling blackouts. Cal iso, monitoring the situation all night. A flex alert remains in effect at this hour. Youre encouraged not to use appliances and set your a. C. To 78 degrees. This evening, so far, so good. No rolling outages have been ordered. The use peaked around 5 00 p. M. Today. A live look outside. A view of the bay bridge, a visible reminder that on top of plex flex alerts, were dealing with an extended save the air alert. We could deal with power shutoffs this week. The goal is to keep pg e equipment from starting a fire. The power shutoffs are different from rolling blackouts that are possible tonight. The first possible power shutouts, tomorrow night. 17 counties are on a watch list. Two are in the bay area, sonoma and napa. Others could be added as the week rolls in. More than 100,000 customers could be affected in the portions of the 17 counties on the list. We will follow the creek fire burning north of fresno. It remains a serious situation there. This video is time lapse video of the smoke moving into the meadow lakes area. The fire is burning south of yosemite in an area popular with labor day campers. Part of yosemite is now under evacuation warnings. Look at this incredible video from the creek fire. It is a devastating scene out there. Flames about everywhere you look. The creek fire has burned through 45,000 acres. Evacuation orders are in effect for several communities, including shaver lake, a popular getaway location for many. How harrowing was it to drive through fire to safety . This video from berkeley man gives you a sense there. Matt freels is one of thousands who traveled there for labor day weekend. It was cut short when the fire spread quickly. He recorded this as he tried to get out yesterday. At one point, the fire and the smoke was too intense and he had to turn around. He is home safe tonight. In that same mammoth reservoir area, a remarkable rescue played out overnight. You can see it in a photo were about to show you. The National Guard flew in helicopters, bringing more than 200 people to safety. It had to feel so good to be onboard after what they went through. This is the scene inside the helicopter. The flame s trapped campers at the mammoth pool shelter. Some were told to get in the water and wait for help. Crowded people around the lake as we could. People were hopping out of the trucks and r. V. S to get into the water to stay cool. The last structure coming in, some trucks were loaded with 20 people in the truck bed. The heat was starting to pick up. Embers were being blown in by the wind. The air guard lifted everyone to fresno because there were serious injuries. 63 people of the 200 people airlifted were taken to the hospital. Here in the bay area, firefighters continue to make progress on several wildfires burning tonight. The lnu complex is 91 contained. All evacuation warnings for napa county are lifted. Containment on the scu complex is 92 . Thats santa clara county. Crews gained ground on the czu complex, that is 72 contained. And the woodward fire is up to 95 containment. Uptotheminute weather alerts about the heat and the smoke to the phone. A latenight beach party in the middle of the pandemic, complete with deejays and bonfires is drawing criticism from the mayor of San Francisco. People near ocean beach have been complaining about the crowds for months. Now, they hope there will be action. We go to Sergio Quintana with the details. Reporter this party was billed as an unsanctioned burning man celebration. And from the looks of it on social media video, the party basically started around sunset yesterday. Then stretched into the nig mayd was not happy about that party. Social media reveals a party that is almost prepandemic. A lot of people are dancing and only a few face coverings on revelers. This was the week of burning man that was scrubbed this year because of the coronavirus. Mayor london breed called out the partiers on saturday night. Last night, 1,000 people crowded on ocean beach to celebrate burning man. This was reckless and selfish. Youre not celebrating. Youre putting peoples lives at risk. Youre putting progress at risk. No one is immune from spreading the virus. San francisco has been making progress, getting off of the covid watchlist the last couple months. Some residents are complaining about what they say is a lack of enforcement of covid rules on San Francisco beaches for months. Mary mcnamara says she has been telling city hall about crowds here since memorial day. They knew Something Like this was going to happen. They knew it. Theres been no communication. Theyre ignoring the problem. So, this is what we ended up with last night. Reporter mayor breed is warning anyone considering a second party to reconsider. Beach parking lots have been closed. And police and other Law Enforcement will be patrolling. With tripledigit temperatures across the state, the beaches have been packed here all day. Resident mary mcnamara, there is a side effect of closing the parking lots along the beach. It pushes the crowds into the neighborhoods, trying to find parking, as they try to go to the beach. Weve been seeing that throughout the day. Reporting live at ocean peach, Sergio Quintana, nbc bay area news. A look at the covid19 numbers in the bay area. Five counties reported new positive tests, the most being in santa clara county, that had 190 new cases. So l saolano county didnt report. The positively rate continues to fall. The number of californians testing positive for covid19. It is at 4. 5 . Thats lower than 4. 8 we had yesterday. This is the lowest its been since june. During the height of the pandemic, our positively rate hovered around 7 . Govern newsome says it was important to keep it as low as possible. An Indoor Church Service at a south bay church thats been hit with fines for weeks. This video is showing that parishioners are arriving for this mornings service, at North Valley Baptist Church in santa clara. Posted on the front doors, fine notices from the health department. This is video from the service. North valley baptist faces 52,000 in fine for Holding Services indoors, which violates santa claras health orders, aimed at reducing covid19 exposure. The pastor proclaims all other precautions are being followed. Not everyone is wearing a mask or maintaining social distance. We asked the county if it fined the church again today. Were waiting to hear back. We told you about the intense rescue near fresno. Well show you what helicopter pilots saw as they landed to help. We showed you San Francisco beaches. What about crowding concerns at Half Moon Bay . Well take you there. Its the heat. Its the bad air quality. Unfortunately, increasing fire danger with a red flag warning around the corner. Well talk about that and when cooler weather makes a comeback in our forecast in a couple minutes. Back to our coverage of the creek fire, this is the one burning in fresno county. This is a photo from a cockpit of a National Guard helicopter, helping people near the mammoth pool area. You can see the orange glow dead ahead, as flames are all around. National guard helicopters evacuated more than 200 people from that area. Theyve been cut off from flames and had no other way out. We continue to track the el dorado fire near san bernadino. Its grown in size, scorching 7,000 acres. The flames started yesterday, forcing evacuations. That fire is 5 contained. 5,000 acres have burned in san diego county. The valley fire is burning 15 to 20 miles east of el cajon. Firefighters say the flames are burning at a critical and dangerous rate of speed. So far, ten structures have been destroyed. Small earthquake s jolted e east bay this morning. The quake struck on the western edge of the regional park. Back to our coverage of recordbreaking heat. Many beaches are closed this weekend. The effort to cut down on the spread of covid19. Weve been reporting, theres a big exception in san mateo county. Half moon bay. Beachgoers were doing what they could to stay cool. Coming to the coast from quite a distance. Where are you guys from . Elk grove, sacramento. Holy cow. Were down here. Considering where we would be at, it would be 102, this is perfect. Where would that be . Sonoma county. Half moon bays previous record this day, was 80 degrees in 2004. As of 2 00, the high there 88. Triple digit and the poor ai quality. It doesnt sound like theres going to be a break from any of this anytime soon. Were in day two of a threeday heat event in the bay area. Its remarkable how our microclimate has disappeared. A tendegree difference from 100 in San Francisco to close to 110 around dublin and pleasanton. Lets show you the temperatures outside. Its 87 degrees in San Francisco right now. Wind out of the west at 16. Thats not a cool breeze. We dont have the fog and the marine layer that we see in the evening. In walnut creek, 96. No wind there. And in San Francisco, 90 degrees, high earlier was 105. So, as we look at the air quality, this is an issue. You no doubt notice, the High Pressure strengthens over the lie region. We saw some fire activity picking up towards our south. We got a transport in around big sur. And a few more from the north, as well, funneling into the bay. Right now, the worst the air quality is into concord and livermore and san jose, with the winds light, chances are, well see the numbers run a little higher again around San Francisco and oakland early in the day. When your days start off in the mid70s, it will be a hot afternoon. Thats as cool as the temperatures will get around the east bay tomorrow. And for areas away from the bay, it looks as hot tomorrow. 100 degrees from san jose towards morgan hill. San martin, will get close to 110 degrees. Livermore, the numbers above average. Bayside locations into fremont, into the 90s. Similar around redwood city and palo alto. The two places to watch, Half Moon Bay and San Francisco. Well see upper 80s in San Francisco by 11 00 in the morning. Were planning on a hint of a sea breeze before it climbs higher than 90 degrees. Well be watching that tomorrow. North bay, you dont see relief of the highs in the mid90s to above 100 degrees. For tuesday, well get some cooling, with the wind picking up. Thats the red flag warning for the north bay. Notice by tuesday morning, the wind speeds in the higher hills of the north bay. But so will humidity levels. That will be the concern of tuesday to wednesday. Youre not seeing a lot of red or ridges of High Pressure, that sets the stage to a cooling trend for the second half of the week. San francisco, finally dropping closer to average by next weekend, after more record temperatures in the valleys. I think it will be another couple of days. Tomorrow, the hottest day of the week. With the dry winds, well watch across the hills, tuesday and wednesday. By next weekend, upper 80s and low 90s will be the new 70s. Thats as cool as it will get. Big drop in temperatures. Well have to wait for the second half of the week to enjoy the cooler benefits. Thanks, rob. Well take it. Well take what we can get. Coming up, a squacare in th air. What temperatures saw on this plane that forced the pilot to make an emergency landing. I got it all from you im always pushing through i know well make it to the finish line i know youre waiting on the other side im like you ondemand glucose monitoring. Because theyre always on. Another lifechanging technology from abbott. So you dont wait for life. You live it. There was a frightening flight for 200 people. It was captured over honolulu. Passengers on the military charter flight saw flames spewing from an engine. They heard loud noises. The video was shot by one of the passengers. It happened three minutes after takeoff. 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