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Transcripts For KTVU KTVU FOX 2 News At Noon 20240712

Temperatures just as hot as yesterday with no relief in sight. A few spots warmer than we were 24 hours ago. A live look at the oakland estuary. We have a haze in the sky that continues. Expect hazy conditions and poor air quality over portions of the bay area. When it comes to the advisories, the start of the weekend, they continue until 9 00 tonight. The heat advisory is for the coastline with the excessive heat warning for the bayside as well as the ballot in the hills. This will expire tonight and in its place heightened fire danger to talk about. Take a look at the numbers. 97 degrees right now in novato. 101 in concord. 101 in livermore. 98 in the san jose. Especially inland cities, 510 degrees of warming expected by the end of the day. Around the bay, we will continue to warm as well. As far as the 24 hour temperature change. Half moon bay down by 9 degrees. There is hope that we are seeing a transition. East bayshore are up by 5 degrees over oakland. In his bay as well is a northbay just a bit cooler. It will be painfully hot once again. Heres a look at the afternoon highs for santa rosa. 108. More than 20 degrees above the norm. San francisco 98 expected. Triple digit heat for livermore and san jose. We see a shift tomorrow but, there is a red flag warning for heightened fire danger that starts tonight. More details, coming up. So far no rolling blackouts this Holiday Weekend in the bay area. We are all doing a good job at home conserving electricity but there is a flex alert that will go into effect again later today. More on that story. Reporter we are just about three hours away from the start of the flex alert. Even though we have been able to avoid blackouts over the last couple of days, it is still a possibility to date. When it comes to conserving energy, every watt counts. Turned off the lights in the ceiling fans when you leave the room and even something as low as that, helps. The states power grid is under a lot of pressure between the extreme heat thats driving up demand for electricity and wildfires taking out transmission lines. To relieve the pressure and keep the lights on, it is all about conservation. Thats why a flex alert is in effect from 3 pm until 9 pm. We do not have to do rotating Power Outages yesterday and hopefully we will not have to do them today because people are conserving. Reporter the California Independent system operator directs pg e and other utilities to initiate rolling outages when demand for power cal i so blackouts are unrelated to pg e safety shutoffs. The utilities will cut power because of extreme fire weather. But if you still lose power, it could be a heat related issue with pg e equipment. Coastal areas are an area where we do see heat related outages because those areas are not used two triple digit temperatures. Reporter as for todays flex alert, conservation is key. Set your thermostat to 78 degrees. Avoid using large appliances. Closure drapes and blinds. Turn off unnecessary lights and use fans. If cal iso is forced to initiate rolling outages, it could happen after 6 00 p. M. And it would only last about 1 2 hours. All across the bay area, people are flocking to San Francisco ocean beach to try to get some cooler weather rather than sink far inland. Surfers and swimmers crowded ocean beach over the weekend even though the parking lot was closed. And lynn, people were talking about how bad it was with the smoke and the heat. Hot and muggy in smoke. Stay in the shade. We are on the bay so we are enjoying the cool breeze off the base. Even people that are used to very hot summer say they were looking to cool off. One family said the ocean beach was a lot cooler than their home in modesto but even ocean beach was warmer than they expected. One person was shot and killed at a sideshow in San Francisco pick this happened at 12 15 am on mission near ocean not far from balboa park. When officers arrived at the sideshow, they found three people with gunshot wounds including the individual who ultimately died. Police say they continue to look for the shooter. Police investigating another shooting of the great highway near ocean beach. Video from citizen app shows the scene at 11 15 pm last night. The suspect ran from the scene and the person who was shot was transported to the hospital with lifethreatening injuries. Firefighters in fresno are working to battle a dangerous outofcontrol wildfire pick the creek fire exploded in size on saturday afternoon in the Sierra National forest in the rugged foothills of eastern Fresno County. It has now grown to more than 123 square miles at 0 containment. The fresno bee reports of flames destroyed more than 30 homes in the area of big creek work at one point emergency teams and helicopters rescued more than 200 people who were trapped there a popular holiday camping area. Rescue teams on the ground could not make it into the area of mammoth pool and that led to this urgent message. Patrol 52 cannot make it down to mammoth pool. They will have to go to the water. Thats the safest bet. Epic buyer comes to the shortage, get into water as that is the safest bet. This video shows the bank is giving up the helicopters at the Fresno Yosemite National Airport early sunday morning. A Triage Center was set up on the airport runway to treat the injured. Many evacuees suffered minor burns as well as broken bones. The governor issued a state of emergency for five counties due to new wildfires. The counties are fresno, San Bernardino, san diego countys. Fire is working on 22 new fires across the state. California set a new state record for the most acres burned in one year. According to the chronicle, more than 2 million acres have burned in all evacuation errors in the lnu lightning complex fire burning and northbay have been lifted. Cal fryer says they have seen limited growth on the walbridge and the hennessey fires. Both ears are safe enough for people to return. However, people are told to be prepared for possible road closures and delays. Buyer is working on cleanup and reinforcing those containment lights. Thousands of firefighters are on the front lines battling three big fires that have burning in the bay area for three weeks. Seven people died during these fires and more than 3000 buildings have been destroyed many our homes. The largest fire, the acu lightning complex fire, is now 93 contained. Officials say the beautiful containment could be reached by the end of this week. That fire has burned more than 619 a square mice. The lnu lightning complex fire is 91 contained. That also burned a large amount of acres my 586 square miles across five different counties. To the south, more than 135 square miles have burned in the czu lightning complex fire. Containment is at 76 . Across the golden gate in marin county, containment on the woodward fire with 95 containment. Seven and half square miles of burn. Evacuation orders on the north side of the have been downgraded to warnings. Point Reyes National seashore remains closed. There are signs of support for the bay area for First Responders and katie view wants to share yours take a photo of your sign of things and upload that photo to help us honor First Responders throughout the month of september. You can do it by scanning the qr code. Or go to kgb. Com signs of support to upload your photo. Ktvu. Com signs of support. Up next, the added benefit that goes into effect from the states and who qualifies for it. Unexpected Holiday Travel could translate to a big surge in coronavirus cases. I am Charles Watson in atlanta. Details coming up. Why do i love being a doctor at Kaiser Permanente . My only job is to take great care of my patients. Im empowered to do whats right for you. Our digital records mean your medical history is in one place, so i can give you great care. Your primary care doctor, your specialists. Its great we all Work Together as one team. Our integrated approach to health care helps my patients live longer, healthier lives. I dont just practice here, im a patient, too. I wouldnt trust my familys health care to anyone else. vo i have the best job in the world. I get to remind people of their grandmothers conchitas. Give the little kids cookies. And celebrate birthdays with all our neighbors. Hopefully, well be part of this community for many, many more years. Many unemployed californians will start receiving an extra 300 per week in benefits. Supplemental payments will be made to anyone who currently receives 100 weeks in unemployment and fits and is unemployed due to the pandemic. The supplemental payments will be retroactive to august 1 but right now they are only guaranteed to cover three weeks for a total of 900 per person. This money comes from funds set aside for federal disaster relief. California lawmakers have approved an emergency audit of the states unemployment agency. The audit will address numerous reports of backlogged claims, Call Center Operation in fishing and fraudulent claims being paid. They just processed 12 main claims over the past six months. The Labor Day Weekend means fun in the sun for millions of americans across the country but also concerning for Public Health officials who are warning hospitals to brace for a search in covid19 cases in the coming weeks. Chose watson has the story from atlanta. Reporter more than 6. 2 million coronavirus cases in the u. S. And and of the outbreak is still spreading. There are at least two dozen states reporting a rise in cases over the past seven days and Public Health experts are bracing for another search after millions of americans traveled or attended gatherings over the Labor Day Weekend. A particular concern, coronavirus hotspot florida, where theme parks have been filled to capacity all weekend long. There is significant discount involved. It is the Labor Day Weekend and so people are starting to say, for a vaccine by early november, Major Pharmaceutical Companies are reportedly planning to pledge not to release any Coronavirus Vaccine that does not meet scientific standards. The move comes as the Trump Administration pushes back on claims by some democrats that the president is not putting safety first. We are moving toward a vaccine. Will it be trusted . Hopefully. We wont have to listen to the present but that. We will listen to the experts about that. Reporter india has overtaken brazil as the country with the second highest number of coronavirus cases despite the surge, the government is sticking to his reopening schedule including letting commuters back on the credit delhi metro. We have made all arrangements to make the travel absolutely safe. And it is the right decision. Reporter the cdc is asking all states to have Distribution Site set up and ready to start vaccinating the public by november 1. In atlanta, Charles Watson. Tomorrow some indoor personal s in marin county will care services, restaurants as well as gyms, churches and museums and movie theaters can also open appeared marin county moved into tier 2 or red, on the safe new reopening plan. And if the county status remains red for two weeks, all schools will be allowed to reopen on september 22 without a waiver. Back to the bayer weather. Rosemary, we are from the in the close the windows, stay inside, leave the fans on mode of the date. Yes. I agree. I am sweating already inside my home. I have west facing window so at sunset, it will be 9095 degrees in my house, almost guarantee. Outside outdoors him of the heat is on. We are looking at another recordbreaking day with temperatures even a bit warmer in some areas along the east bay shore. As we get into tonight, that advisory will expire. I want to talk about another advisory and then we will come back around to look at temperatures. A red flag warning for the hills, northbay, east bay and through the Santa Cruz Mountains for dry and gusty conditions expected to begin tonight. For Santa Cruz Mountains is tuesday morning. For the north baby spay its begins tonight and forever but it lasts until wednesday morning. We will watch that as we go through the next 28,40 hours. The winds are calm and very stagnant in some areas. Fairfield with conch additions and napa has a southwest breeze. One area that is cooler today is pacifica and Half Moon Bay. Done by 510 degrees. Lucky you. Giving you a look at some of the flow. Look at 5000 feet up and its coming from the north primarily. Events about tonight and through tomorrow morning, expecting it to come from the northeast. That is whats high since the fire danger and makes us extremely dry and through the hills, you could see wind gusts reach 45 Miles Per Hour. The fog is trying to develop early tomorrow morning. 6 am on tuesday. Look at what happens through the midmorning hour at lunchtime. The northeast wind pushes it out. Its a choose up the fog and very typical for this time of year. Again, we are looking at red flag warning starting tonight. Looking at the temperatures. We have advisories in place. Everybody away from the coastline. Heat advisory for the cuspid Half Moon Bay at 70 degrees right now. 101 in walnut creek. In the northbay 97 in santa rosa. 98 over san jose. Widespread recordbreaking haec expected for today. In San Francisco come up from the west edge to the e stage, you can say big difference there. A little bit of an influence by the marine air. 76 degrees reported closer to s. F. State. In the embarcadero, 93. Downtown is 87. San francisco is a big heat island with the infrastructure in place and all that pavement out there, it just kind of absorbs the suns heat. Doesnt reflect it. Giving you a look at some of the afternoon highs. I put asterix next to where we will tie or break a record today. The National Weather service doesnt keep records for everybody so even more than whats on this graphic. 90 expected in San Francisco. 90 in oakland. 108 in san jose. The hotspot today will be 112 in livermore. Fearful also expected to hit 112. Temperatures will start to cool as we get into the bay area tuesday and beyond. The extent forecaster moment but lets check on the air quality expected for today. Unhealthy for the sensitive groups. Is bay, seppi moderate to slightly unhealthy for the rest of us. Extended forecast coming up in a bit. Still to come, getting children back into the classroom across the bay area. The one county were in pursing learning for more than a dozen schools could start as early as tomorrow. Traffic moving very slowly on the golden gate bridge. This is in both directions north and south on 101. Black lives matter labor day protest taking place. The group has together to form a wall across the bridge. This is one of several peaceful protests planned for today. Took a caravan took place in oakland to kick off the traditional Fall Campaign season. Members of Oakland Education Association organized a caravan to campaign for yes on proposition 15. The caravan started at Oakland Tech High School and went down broadway to lake mayor. If approved, part 15 would raise taxes on commercial and Industrial Properties with money generated going to approve education across the state. California is the fourth largest economy in the world. We have giant corporations here like chevron and disney who are skirting on paying their taxes for years. We have seen the Public School systems get underfunded particularly now with all the budget cuts. Its crucial to provide for the working class and the poorest people among us. There are over 100 billionaires in the state. The state fiscal analyst estimates the valid initiative could generate between 8,000,000,012 at half billion in revenue per year. The white house threatening to withhold federal funding from california Public Schools if you incorporate the New York Times 6019 project into their curriculums. The project centers on American History told through the lens of black americans beginning with slaves brought to the Virginia Colony in 1619. The president tweeted the u. S. Department of education as quote, looking into an unverified claim that the project was being taught in california schools. A spokesperson from the California Department of education has not commented on the matter yet. 15 individual schools in marin county are about to rip in for inperson learning tomorrow. The transitional kindergarten through sixth grade school apply for a waiver to reopen. The schools are required to comply with their School Site Specific Protection plans that were submitted with their waivers. Marin county said 11 other schools apply for inperson waivers and there waiting to hear back on whether they can reopen. The coronavirus is not the only crisis many school mist racers are facing is a new school year begins. They also dealing with an alarming shortage of teachers. Christina parks has more from new york. Reporter fiscal years off to a rough start already. Weather its health and safety concerns or childcare issues, many states are seeing teachers take leaves of absence or up to retire. New york state alone has seen a 20 jump in retirements this summer compared to last year. Pinellis county in florida has seen an 11 increase. While one new jersey town was force

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