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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5am July 12, 2024

Humidity values and we are looking at, with those winds picking up, it should mix up some of the smoke. It is still unhealthy and we have an alert in effect. You can see this morning, looking at unhealthy air proportions of the north bay and the peninsula and the south bay and the east bay. This morning, were looking at a spare the air alert that is in effect for us, not just today but for tomorrow as well. That will be the case into tomorrow. We are looking at the winds. Those winds are going to be increasing about 10 to 20 miles an hour as we go through the afternoon. So looking at those windup a bi about what you can expect for temperatures, above average for this time of year. Details on that are coming in a few minutes. The woodward fire has grown to nearly 3000 acres, prompting overnight evacuations for parts of olema. We are at the desk giving us the very latest on those evacuations. Evacuations have been ongoing throughout the night and we have a lot of Evacuation Orders and warnings that we will run them through for you but i just want to tell you what we are talking about. This is the fire that has been burning for about a week now in the Point Reyes National seashore and these Evacuation Orders came late last night and there are three dozen homes in southwest of olema. It has burned almost 3000 acres and was 5 contained. It has been creating a lot of challenges for firefighters. So the following areas are under Evacuation Order. I want to show you on a map and give you the details you need to know if you are in this area. Silverhills road, fox drive, and noren lane needs to evacuate immediately and then go towards point reyes. This is near the civic center. They would prefer that you try to go somewhere else at this point. A lot of those Evacuation Centers are being stretched thinly as you might imagine. That area on the map is the evacuation warning. If you live within that area, we are talking highway one around lagunas creek, sal sir Francis Drake, charge up your evacuation warning turns into an order. We are going to continue to follow this all morning long and in the meantime, road closures in that area, all around the bay area, that has been right here with all of these fires pretty on a is keeping an eye on what we can expect. Thank therare ite a number of closures. You will keep a close eye on them. Right now i want to update you on other parts of the bay area, 116 in both directions, closures remain there and one 16 at drake road, expect those closures in and around there as well. There also road closures due to the wildfire both directions from prichard street over to bodega highway and look at conditions elsewhere in the San Mateo County area. Highway one closures are along the coast, bring us out of pescadero all the way down into santa cruz and portions of la honda road are shut down in San Mateo County along with 84, which is at highway one and 35 at 84. We have some changes for Public Transit i will have that in my next report. Our fire rights continues across california, currently more than 7000 fires are scorching more than 1. 4 million acres. Three of the biggest in the bay area. Happening today, the walbridge fire in Sonoma County is now forcing School Closures and Distance Learning will be canceled today due to evacuations at the following schools and districts. Now me high school, school district, Gordonville School district, montrc district, and Montgomery School district. Families are advised to check with go to strings for updating information about Distance Learning. As more evacuations are underway, the lnu complex fires continues to burn, scorching nearly 352,000 acres and five death are now blamed on that fire after authorities found a mans body in his Solano County home. Right now the fire is 25 contained. No heavy smoke is lingering in western Sonoma County and some of that Evacuation Order is actually lifted and people are finally heading home. One local woman says she is thrilled to get back but she is not sure how long she might stay. I am thinking about moving. I lost a lot of stuff in the flood and i might lose it all in the mountain fire. Im getting too old for this. Residents say years of wildfires has been unnerving but lifting Evacuation Orders feels like a small victory. More progress in Santa Cruz County and southern San Mateo County where more than 1600 firefighters continued to battle the czu complex. Of a call from the sky, six helicopters are dropping 200,000 gallons of water on those fires. Still, to 76 structures have been destroyed and thousands remain threatened. We are getting a look at the man investigators think stole a firefighters while it. They say the man took that wallet from the firefighters car while it was parked at the bonny doon fire station. If you recognize him, call the sheriff. At last check, 13 firefighters and two chief officers from the unit have been there to fight firefighters. This video shows firefighter and paramedic markets holding the fire line as he falls from the trees. You can see mike appearing to declare victory at daybreak after an active day of stopping the fire. They will start flying his drone over the Boulder Creek Fire Protection district. They will conduct a Damage Assessment and look for hotspots with thermal imaging cameras. Firefighters also making progress on the fires in the south and east bays. We just learned the scu complex fires are now 15 contained. The fires are covering more than 360,000 acres, burning of cost five different counties and firefighters say things to a shift in the wind, they were able to steer those flames away from neighborhoods and Evacuation Orders were downgraded in Santa Clara County. We are proud to be partnering with the red cross in a virtual telethon for fire relief and you still have time to donate. All day today you can call the number on your screen, 1855 848give or you can go to kpix. Com to give. We have raised a lot together and the total right now is roughly 450,000, which is amazing. You never get the number to donate will be scrolling at the bottom of the screen all morning long. And remember, stay with us for your roundtheclock updates on the lightening fires. The Republican National convention is underway and President Donald Trump has officially been nominated as the republican nominee for president. Skyler henry has all the highlights from day one of the convention and also what is ahead. At the first night of the Republican National convention, President Donald Trump supporters painted a dire picture of the country if he loses reelection. Your family will not be safe in heretical democrat america. They want to enslave you to the week, dependent, labral victim ideology to the point that you will not recognize this country or your cell. After the democratic National Convention made the case for joe biden, republicans are now holding up their candidate. Donald trump has always put america first. He has earned four more years as president. President donald trump build the most inclusive economy ever. The president eldest son criticized bidens decades long career. Joe biden is basically the loch ness monster of the swamp, he said. A president Stephanie Wade until the end to make an appearance but mr. Trump was involved throughout the first day. Videos with healthcare workers and americans freed after being held hostage included him. Speaking to others, President Donald Trump accused democrats of using the coronavirus to their benefit. To defraud the American People , all of our people, of a fair and free election. The Biden Campaign came out with a list of more than two dozen former gop lawmakers who are endorsing the former vice president. We need a president who unifies rather than divides. Melania trump is among the speakers at night two of the convention. Cbs news, washington. Also scheduled to speak, kentucky senar nd paul and secretary of state mike pompeo, who will be speaking from israel. We will have full coverage of the rnc starting at 7 00 ever night followed by expert analyses in a special newscast after cbs prime time. You need to protect workers from wildfire smoke. Bay area farmworkers fed up with extreme working conditions. Or pushed for change up next on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. I am tracking that onshore flow, so were starting off our day with the low clouds and areas of fog and around the bay. We have many localizations with all the heated wildfire smoke on top of the covid pandemic are creating especially hard time for farmworkers. Some of them are speaking out about the difficult and dangerous conditions they have been working through. This is the scene in salinas valley. You cannot see the 100 degree temperatures that came with the smoke. A woman has been working in for the past week. Employers need to protect their workers from wildfire smoke. It is the air quality index, about the 150, and that is unhealthy and then the employees provide n95 masks. Right now, it is investigating several complaints from workers around the state. Is some entrce county residents begin to evacuate, officials with the spca are also moving hundreds of animals to safety. The animals rescued from evacuated homes removed from the spcas shelter to the Monterey County fairgrounds as a precaution. The animals include dogs, cats, horses, goats, peacocks, and chickens. They recommend if you must evacuate but cannot bring your animals with you, contact your local spca or animal shelter. By the puppets in california as coronavirus five 4900 new cases. There were 18 new deaths dropping the two week average. The overall death toll has passed 12,000. The test Positivity Rate is 6. 5 . This morning, one Sacramento County school with in School Instruction is already dealing with its first positive case just one week bad for the positive case has sent 10 classmates into mandatory quarantine. Lakeview elementary parents are not surprised but they claim the schools a safety protocols and make them feel confident about sending the kids back to the classroom. The district superintendent says she hopes that this is their last positive test. Today, here in the bay area, the San Francisco Unified School District is expected to give an update on Distance Learning, including a discussion on those learning hubs. We ttarts at 3 00 and you at no, California Health and Human Services secretary doctor mark galli will provide a covid19 update you can watch that Live Streaming on cbsn bay area, just go to kpix. Com. Air travel is starting to pick back up and in response to the growing number of passengers, as if i was launching the first rapid covid 19 Testing Program for air quality. They can get tested at the airport or at nearby dignity health. The program launched in july. They take less than an hour. It is 5 16. Good morning, we are looking at smoky, and healthy air once again. So not a lot of relief here as we go through our day, maybe a little with that afternoon sea breeze helping mix some of that smoke and i will show you this in just a moment but we are looking at that fog along the coast and the bay. Areas our Treasure Island camera, the foggy start. We are in the 50s and 60s this morning. Looking at 62 in concord, oakland is 60, 58 in San Francisco and 64 in san jose and santa rosa coming in at 57. Checking current air quality conditions, for the south bay, the peninsula, you can see unhealthy air from redwood city, down through san jose and for the east bay, as well as the trivalley, looking at unhealthy air as well three union city, dublin, and across a concord, walnut creek, and theyll. There is unhealthy air. It is a little better around the bay from San Francisco to oakland and as we look to the north bay, you can see unhealthy air right now for san rafael, novato, and for napa. We are looking at that unhealthy air which is why spare the air alert is in effect once again. Lets look at the reason why. We have the smoky skys from the alum you fires with the upper level winds bringing the and that is pushing south and that heat dome is trapping the smoke and ash over the bay area. Through the afternoon, we are going to see the afternoon sea breeze kick in and that should mix out the air and improve air quality conditions just a little bit. With that onshore flow, will see higher relative humidity values and that should help firefighters a little bit as they try to get a handle on all these massive wildfires burning across the region. They will shift to the east and that onshore flow kicks in for us but we will see near average daytime highs. We have it a little above average but the smoke remains of for our region. Lets show you the daytime highs. It is 85 in san jose, 84 for santa clara 91 for morgan hill. For the east bay, lower 90s in concord, Pleasant Hill, mid 90s and antioch and brentwood and the trivalley is in the upper 80s to low 90s and around the bay, low to mid 70s. 74 in oakland, and for the north bay, upper 70s to low to mid 90s. 85 in santa rosa and 90 for cloverdale. Heres the extended forecast what you can expect we will continue with the smoke over the next several days with temperatures very similar as we go through the workweek and into the weekend. That is your look at weather. Lets check a look at the traffic with gianna. As we look at the roadways, couple things i want to get to. This is Public Transit as if you folks consider using that during the spare the air alert, which is three days into you need relaunching its rail service. There were a few problems and they are figuring it all out. They will relaunch it when they can fix those issues. Muni rail will be replaced by buses once again so keep that in mind if used typically take that area. Elsewhere, Golden Gate Bridge is looking pretty good but overnight, they did issue a fog advisory for the north part of waldo idge which is passed this grade. And i do want to alert you to an accident getting some new information on this trouble spot. This is eastbound 580 right at 98th avenue. You can see the purple and our sensors which indicates they may have shut down the roadway. They have all things now blocked eastbound at 580 and 98th avenue. This is due to a crash. A couple cars are involved, five in fact, along with a couple larger vehicles. This could take some time to clear. We will keep you updated on that and let you know if they officially issue some sort of Traffic Alert but west town 580, will it is brought to an injury accident. Another part of 580 as brake lights around 205 to 680. That portion is a 30 minute drive time. The bulk of it is from mount house towards grant line. Taking care of those and taking care of us. 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This wogan delegated pillows to firefighters and right now more than 1800 fire personnel are fighting those flames. Residents say they are thankful. The lnu lightning complex fires is the thirdlargest wildfire in stain history. It is 5 25. Some sharp attacks against democrats on day one on the Lauren Seabrook what translator supporters predict will happen if he does not get a second term. They have some fires in west marin. I have that just ahead. Our all day virtual telethon for fire relief is underway. Kpix 5 is partnering with the red cross to donate call a number on your screen, 1855 848give. You can also go to kpix. Com. We will be right like cordless phones. phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced ones. Get ils thiate program. Visit right now all ils thiate program. During business s. And accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. Like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. phone ringing get details on this state Program Visit right now during business hours. 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