Power grid means Power Outages across the bay area. Why pg e transformers just cant handle the heat. 100 degree temperatures once again today all over the bay area. Good evening, everyone. The good news, it will get cooler, but today we saw a variety of problems. We have Team Coverage tonight with ktvu Debora Villalon the power problems, Jana Katsuyama on the sweltering commute on bart. First to chief meteorologist bill martin with todays new records, bill . San francisco did not get a record today. Yesterday they did break a record. Today getting up to 27 degrees. Here are the records. 90 degrees at sfo, 101 and moffat, moffett field, Mountain View area, and these are big numbers. Napa 100 to come Oakland Airport 99, santa rosa 100 degrees. These are the rest of the temperatures throughout the bay Area Temperatures way above the average, even at the cost. Half moon bay set a record today, 85 degrees of the coast in a very, very hot. Iso105 degrees or 108 degrees down in king city toda
Three. It went off the track on its inaugural trip on new service from seattle to portland, oregon. Southbound interstate 5 below will be closed at least through tomorrow morning. That rail car left dangling in the darkness just part of the aftermath of this amtrak crash that killed at least three people and injured more than 100 others. Amtrak 501. Emergency. We are on the ground. Reporter all but one of the rail cars careening off the tracks in washington, several crashing on the busy highway below during the morning rush. Things just started to tip over as it was going around, and then all of a sudden ended up on its side and everything went dark. The train started to wobble for a moment, and then we were catapulted at the seats in front of us. Onboard of this the intogeral run of a newer faster amtrak route, tweeting just moments earlier, wow, this train is fast. Were passing up traffic on i5. Then just after 7 30 a. M. A locomotive with 76 crew and emergencies onboard plunged over
Causing slowdowns in the southbound direction. A backup on 238. So if you are heading to castro valley, be prepared for delays. Cruising speeds around 30 Miles Per Hour. The usual delays along northbound 101 heading through san jose, and over at the bay bridge toll plaza, things are definitely backing up for your friday morning commute. Good morning. 6 01 on this friday, july 14th. This is a typical summer morning around the bay and also around the coast, where we have layers of clouds and also some fog. A bit of a sea breeze. Inland areas, as well. The sun is coming up officially at 5 58. Isnt that gorgeous . This is the scene from sutro tower looking towards the east bay. Clouds pouring into the bay this morning, 51 to 59. We do have clear skies in livermore. Otherwise, pretty cloudy. All right, you see the highlighted areas, thats where we have a heat advisory in effect for this weekend as the temperatures again soar into the 100s. Meanwhile, we have the clouds gathering at the coas