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Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Were in for another day of sweltering heat across the bay area. The heat wave has prompted a Public Safety power shutoff over the next few days, all while people try to get out this Holiday Weekend afterpendg months inside because of the pandemic. Good morning, everybody. It is sunday, september 6. Thank you for joining us. Im liz kreutz. Today is the 20th straight spare the air alert for the bay area. Lets get right to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at what we can chargexpect today. Good morning, lisa. Good morning, liz. From the mid60s t the delta. Winds are light so the offshore component isnt with us yet, that will be late tomorrow. Water view shows the smoke smoks the various fires burning in california. A high of 94 today at the host. 80 in mountain view. 72 downtown. Mt. Tam a little hazy there, 18 already in 79 in livermore. Our 24hour temperature change, were building on the warmth of the overnight where we really didnt cool off. Overnight lows, mt. Tam, mt. Diablo, in the upper 80s. You see the yellows there with good air quality for now inctte 90 ov0,ereth by 20,hat out, 112 in livermore, 109 in concord, 94 San Francisco. I dont know if you saw that, for a time it goes up to 115 in parts of the east bay valley. The fog will come back but were also looking at a wind shift to bring high fire danger as soon as tomorrow night. More details coming up, liz. All right, lisa, thank you. These high temperatures have prompted a pg e Public Safety power shutoff watch for several places throughout the bay area for tuesday and wednesday. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena spoke to struggling Business Owners who are seeing the Financial Impact of the second heat wave of the year. Reporter its not the Holiday Weekend anyone picturix ar from that. Brg, teat waves, the fires, its like, what is happening . Its crazy. Reporter adding to the list, the second heat wave of the year. We had a heat wave a couple of weeks ago as well. Its like, you cant really catch a break in the bay. Reporter the national athervi calng i dangerous and lifethreatening temperatures. Its very quiet. We have a heavy takeout business, typically. People are coming to pick it up. Even with this heat wave, even that has started to dwindle. Reporter many businesses were hoping the Holiday Weekend would be their saving grace with outdoor dining. Not all the locations in the area have fans. Even then, theyre just blowing hot air at you. Reporter pe g has announced a Public Safety power outage for a large portion of the area from tuesday to wednesday. Right now no event has been called and no specific areas have been pinpointed and no customers at this point have been notified. Reporter but the potential of the operator calling for outages is still there. We have a very short notification window. Have an emergency does occur, we do have to pull those customers off. Reporter manynghi t shands. But what we can do is reduce internal use from 3 00 p. M. To 9 00 p. M. Each day. In pleasanton, luz pena, abc 7 ne news. With the excessive heat expected, cooling centers will open. In marin county, three centers will open today, mark red to it community center, Mill Valley Community center, and San Rafael Community center. In santa clara county, a center will open at the gilroy library. The extreme heat could strain the states power grid. Thats why were all asked to conserve electricity. There is a possibility of more rolling bu state power official now. Instead, Utility Companies will focus on conservation during peak hours like wened, fromthe ide flex alert runs through labor day. And many bay area beaches are closed for the Holiday Weekend due to the pandemic, so keep that in mind as well. In marin county, visitors are not allowed at Point Reyes National sea shore and tamalests bay. La Santa Cruz County has closed all its beaches except for a few hours each day. Pacifica has closed all its beaches until tuesday morning. On the peninsula, beaches are open in half moon bay. And despite pleas from the city for people to comply, many appeared to ignia distancing guidelines as they cooled off yesterday. In pacifica, people flocked there even though beaches were closed. This is highway 1. Local officials closed beachfront parking lots and city leaders say people suspected of violating the beach enclosure c face fines. Most of the beaches in the north bay are open, theyre popular spots this weekend. Abc 7 News Reporter anser hassan has more. Reporter Stinson Beach in the north bay was a hotspot for those trying to escape this weeks recordbreaking bay area heat. We have a friend who comes every saturday religiously so we wanted to join them this weekend. Reporter body boarding to football among the activities on the beach, while for others, just a chance to sit and relax. Ive been constantly in front of a computer working from home for so long that i just want to be able to relaxn en ironmanent. Reporter big crowds are a cause for concern. Cases of covid19 jumped nationwide after memorial day pattern after the fourth of july. On saturday, Stinson Beachs parking lots were packed. Theres always a concern. But i would say everybody, as you can see for yourself, is pretty much social anstdi people that dont know each other that are together. Most of the groups out here are pretty tight, theyre together and they know each ot but i think the social distancing out here is good. It is very family and friend for lunch in novato where temperatures were hotter than at the coast. Streets downtouwn were closed of for outdoor dining. Howard says the family just needed to be out. Even though its hot, i would rather do that than be cooped up in the house. Reporter Margaret Todd Senior Center has a cooling center that will be open on sunday. A rescue operation is under way for people trapped by the creek fire burning near lake and fresno county. More than 200 people have been airlifted to safety. 20 have been taken to the hospital, some with critical burn injuries. A military helicopter is continuing res unknown hcuow mae will need to be flown to safety. Its been a mess. One minute youre just sitting at camp and the next youre driving through flames, trying to save everything and get to the lake just so that we can get away from the fire. Terrifying for all those people out there enjoying their Holiday Weekend. Several santa rosa firefighters are on their way to help. 26,000 acres have burned since it broke out on friday. We have more now from reporter Brian Johnson with our sister station in fresno. Reporter hundreds of firefighters have responded to the fire but are up against high heat, heavy fuels, and dangerous terrain. It is steeper. It is thicker, you know, thicker brush. Reporter fire Officials Say dozers, engines, and aircraft are all being used to fight the blaze which sent smoke billowing into the sky throughout the day. We have our s2s, the big very large air tankers. We have helicopters that are available. So we do fight from the air as well. Reporter the fire forced the evacuation of communities like big creek, camp sierra, and huntington lake. Catchers staying near the mammoth pools also had to be airlifted out of the area after the fire compromised the only road out. Fresno county sheriffs deputies mobilized a team to help evacuate a group of people participating in an offhighway vehicle poker run near bald mountain. It will be difficult because people will be spread out all over the place up there. Thats why we have to use our offhighway vehicles. Reporter like many others, the kinsey familys Labor Day Weekend camping trip was cut short because of the fire. The sheriff came and told us that we didnt have to evacuate, but he was advising we do, because he didnt know if the fire would jump the road and we didnt get out. Reporter theyre headed back to fresno but stopped a few times. The orange glow in the sky was a sight to see. That was Brian Johnson reporting. Firefighters are trying to figure out what sparked the creek fire. Lisa, its obviously ahe heat will dry everything out even more. Oh, for sure. When we come back, i have a look at the fire going on wherendhe its generating, its unbelievable. Were going to get drier through the period. In fact recordbreaking temperatures. How hot, when do we get relief, ill have the answers next with my abc 7 news accuweather sevenday forecast. Thank, lisa. Also ahead, the czu complex fires have been destructive. How the community is helping those who have been on the front lines fighting the flames. Plus some Public School students in San Francisco will soon be able to get free meals again. California phones offers free specialized phones. Like cordless phones. phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced phones. Get details on this state program. Visit right now or call during business hours. Im szasz. [norm] and we live in columbia, missouri. We do consulting, but we also write. [szasz] we take care of ourselves constantly; its important. We walk three to five times a week, a couple miles at a time. Weve both been taking prevagen for a little more than 11 years now. After about 30 days of taking it, we noticed clarity that we didnt notice before. Its still helping me. I still notice a difference. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. 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 or call during business hours. Developing news this morning, a man was killed in a stabbing overnight in oakland, just before 4 00 a. M. On the 200 block of broadway. Officers found the victim and say he died at the scene. No suspect information or other details were available. Well keep you posted on that. Meantime, a check of how firefighters are doing across northern california. In the north bay, the lnu lightning complex has burned more than 375,000 acres. Its now 89 contained. Cal fire says crews hadtougher yesterday because of hotter, drier conditions. The scu lightning complex has burned more than 396,000 acres across parts of seven counties, the second largest fire in state history. It is now 88 contained. Cal fire expects crews to face tough conditions again today when temperatures could reach triple digits and the humidity will be very low. And in the santa cruz mountains, the czu lightning complex has charred more than 86,000 acres. It is now 68 contained. There are still some evacuation orders in place for parts of Santa Cruz County. As the community realiels from t happened, there was a chance to say thank you for those who put their lives abc 7 News Reporter Lauren Martinez tracked down some of the firefighters and a fundraiser for them. Reporter through music, Boulder Creek resident chaz crowder was raising money for the Boulder Creek volunteer fire department. We just want to do our best to help the people that have literally risked their lives to help us. Reporter proceeds and tips from Ponos Hawaiian grill in santa cruz is their way of saying thank you. Those guys work really hard and they deserve a little break, a little something, a little umph, to say, good job, guys. Reporter sky7 flew over the fires path. Over 900 homes have been destroyed. Several in Boulder Creek. It was very shocking, seeing a pile of rubble, and just seeing the steps that lead up to what is nothing now. Reporter making egan and he family had only been living in their hom f one month. Their house is gone, while their neighbors house is still standing. They have no plans on moving. Seeing the house today has solidified my resolve to rebuild exactly on that land, on that property, around my neighbors, in that same neighborhood. And we will be the heart sank, you know. This has been so many places that have burned down. Im just glad we can help. Reporter you can still donate to the Boulder Creek fire department. We have a link on abc7news. Com. Blow my blues away reporter in santa cruz, Lauren Martinez, abc 7 news. Were so thankful for all they do. Lets get to the coronavirus headlines in california. More than 4,900 diagnosed cases were reported yesterday, thats about 200 more than the sevenday average. Another 153 deaths were reported as well, pushing california closer to 14,000. The Positivity Rate keeps dropping which is a good sign. The sevenday is at 4. 1 , thats one of the lowest that weve seen in a long time. Health experts, though,arn of jopns tial cold weatheravus ca. School of medicine believe the second wave will ramp up in october and they believe it couldastrophic number of infections and deaths. The worst of it would not hit until election day or just after, leading to a daily death toll of around 1,900 people. This pattern was predicted earn based on other respiratory viruses which also spread during that time. Were expecting to see a double surge of both the coronavirus and the influenza virus. More than 410,000 deaths in the u. S. Are projected by the end of the year. Free meals for most San Francisco students will return on wednesday. Rtsansco und the programs. This allows the district to expand from providing meals to students in low income households to almost all students in the city. Theyll be available for pickup once a week, including sandwiches, pizza, milk, cereal, muffins and pancakes. Lisa, the big story of the weekend of course is this heat that were dealing with. Its going to be recordbreaking. Over 11 forecasted highs for some of our inland valleys. Were still looking at that sea breeze at the coast. So temperatures of course will be wide ranging. But its still going to be hot in San Francisco. Forecasting a high of the low 90s. But you get closer to the water, its a different story. Starting out with live doppler 7. You can see no fog, but check out this. This is the explosive fire behavior from the creek fire, northeast of fresno. You can see some lightning strikes there. No rain. Theres lightning, theres wind. And as we go to the visible satellite picture, its called a pyro Cumulo Nimbus cloud that is a fire generated thunderstorm. It is just amazing. Looks like a volcano. This is creating debris in the atmosphere so you get those updrafts with the thunderstorm, raining down is debris. So it is just an incredible sight there. Lots of smoke in the sierra nevada. Once we get to the peak of this heat wave today, it starts to slide to the east. An area of High Pressure, then an area of low pressure will dominate our weather. Thats going to create a tight pressure gradient, which brings wind. Unfortunately offshore winds, high fire danger, as soon as tomorrow night into wednesday morning. Upper elevation wind gusts could exceed 45 miles per hour. Right now, no wind at all. Look at our pier 15 right here where the wind is flat. 81 in mountain view. 75 in s an 80 in bay. It looks like weve got some blue sky here from the Golden Gate Bridge but certainly hazy. 73 santa rosa. Your morning temperature was we will into the 50s, so you cooled off a little bit. 79 in livermore. The wind direction here, winds arent a factor but look at the direction from the north and northeast. We never cooled off in the upper elevations, in the upper 80s at 2 and 3,000 feet, so you get wind direction out of the northeast. It brings the heat down to the surface. Numbers were in the 70s to start out for most of you. Even San Francisco was 72 at 4 00 this morning. So the dangerous heat wave continues. Record temperatures today, spare the air alert right on through labor day. Looking at gusty winds, high fire danger through early wednesday morning. Air quality, its moderate. You saw all the smoke from the fires to the east of us. And theyre still burning, smoldering elsewhere. We are looking at that moderate air quality. Here comes the fog, but barely. Not going to make any bit of difference as we get into your Labor Day Holiday. Well have to wait another day. Here is a look at the temperature trend for the north bay, mt. St. Helena, 100 ony. Cooler air. Still a little bit above average. The rest of the bay area for the holiday, hot with 80s and 70s around the bay. So we could get more of a sea breeze here come your holiday. But into tuesday, while its still hot inland, were getting a break around the bay and at the coast. Everyone cools off by wednesday. So check it out, high temperatures really incredible, at 112 in livermore, 102 in san jose. Thats 25 degrees above average. Thats anywhere from four to six degrees perhaps above the records. 96 in oakland, 106 in santa rosa. 102 in san rafael. The accuweather sevenday forecast, the risk of heatrelated illnesses continues into our holiday. Then were looking at those gusty offshore winds in the upper elevations come monday night into news. Those will be the strongest winds. By the time we get into early wednesday, theyll dial back and things will get back to normal, liz, for the second half of the upcoming workweek. Ahead, for the first time in months Grocery Stores are making a change. What you may notice the next time you go shopping. Hurry in for huge savis and [ ] the prefect start to fall with lowes. [ ] so youre a small bor a big one. You were thriving, but then. Oh. Ah. Okay. Plan, pivot. How do you bounce back . You dont, you bounce forward, with serious and reliable internet. Powered by the largest gig Speed Network in america. But is it secure . Sure its secure. And even if the power goes down, your connection doesnt. T . You dont do this. We do this, together. Bounce forward, with comcast business. Welcome back. For the first time in months prices at Grocery Stores are lower after millions of americans lost those extended Unemployment Benefits. Stores are starting to fear the pressure. Reporter many Grocery Stores around the u. S. Doing something they havent had to do in months. Drop prices. During the pandemic, it was the regular price, probably 7. 99. This current week were running an advertisement of three for 10. Reporter why . Because the pressure to do so has hit hard and suddenly. They dont want to lose their customer base. And one way is to cut prices. Reporter ironically the pandemic has been a boom for the grocery business, until recen y recently. Sales were up by average 32 by volume across the u. S. A key factor, people getting those stimulus checks. So they were putting that money towards buying groceries and buying essential items for their homes. The federal government ended the extra 600 weekly Unemployment Benefits in july. Grocery stores are anticipating a drop in demand. Walmart is dropping their prices. They have to stay competitive. Stop and shop is probably doing the same thing. So are independent grocers cup of as kelvin rodriguez. People arent spending as much as they were. They probably dont have money to spend as much. Sales are dropping throughout the industry. Reporter rodriguez says his suppliers are dropping their prices too, feeling the same precious. Hes passing alongireseho tin s york. Still to come on abc 7 ss from his hospital bed. Ea and why health Officials Say good morning, everyone. Thank you again for joining us. We are expecting another recordbreaking weather day today. Were going to start this half hour with another look at the weather. Lisa, what a heat wave we are in. Yeah, we are certainly at the peak of it right now, liz. As youre looking live from our east bay hills camera where temperatures out by the delta are already in the 90s. And the good thing, though, the winds are light right now. So thats going to change as we get into the latter part of the holiday. But right now, were looking at 66 half moon bay, 80 in gilroy, mid70s downtown with 82 in mountain view. Another look at all the haze there. Poor air quality from San Francisco. Napa already at 80. Theres your 92 by the delta. 81 in concord. And with the temperatures already well above where they were yesterday this morning, thats why well be seeing that excessive heat today, especially inland. There is a look at what is said to be moderate air quality. You saw from our live cameras, it doesnt even look that good out there. By 10 00, all 80s and 90s except right at half moon bay. As we go through 2 00, yep, were talking temperatures we havent seen probably ever here with 112 in livermore, 99 in oakland. I cant even say it. 106 in santa rosa. By tonight, do we call off . Not at all. Theres no fog, and well look for maybe a little bit of relief tomorrow at the coast. We still have our onshore flow. Well talk about that greater wind shift that brings higher fire danger, coming up, liz. All right, lisa, thank you. Jacob blake, the wisconsin man paralyzed after police shot him seven times, is making an emotional plea from his hospital bed as protesters continue to protest against racial injustice. Reporter jacob blake speaking out from his hospital, First Time Since he was paralyzed after being shot by police. The video message was posted to twitter by his attorney. It hurts to breathe, it hurts to sleep. It hurts to move from side to side. It hurts to heat. Please, im telling you. We can stick together, make some money, make everything easier for our people out here, man, because its so much time that has been wasted. Reporter in rochester, new york, protesters once again taking to the streets, demanding justice for daniel prude. He died in march after a struggle with Police Officers. We will protest until smething changes. Reporter this as new York Attorney general will leticia gl announced a grand jury will decide whether the Police Officer will face charges. Police say prude was spitting on them and combative, claiming to have the coronavirus. They put a hood over his head and pinned him to the ground. His death was ruled a homicide. Seven officers has been suspended. Across the country, overnight more protests in portland, oregon. Demonstrators clashing with police. Friday marked the 100th day of protests. In kentucky, severaldescribed patriots squaring off with demonstrators, calling for justice in the Police Shooting of breonna taylor. People are angry and they may not necessarily be angry at one another personally, but the big picture, theyre angry at the direction the city is heading, this country is heading. Everything is pointing the finger at each other. Reporter Louisville Police say they were able to calm the situation quickly. The Labor Day Holiday is stoking new fears of a resurgence in coronavirus cases as americans get together to mark the traditional end of summer. Here is abc News Reporter alex presha with more. Reporter with crowds flocking to beaches this Holiday Weekend, experts worry waves of new coronavirus cases could be on the horizon. This weekend is critical. Now is not the tet rorte urgingic ,mas. A. Counto morehanits beaekend. This was santa monica yesterday. Theres a nice little breeze going. I feel like its a little safe are because youre out in the open air. But its a risk. Reporter already more than 6,000 coronavirus deaths. County Health Officials warn theyll close beaches if they get overcrowded. Indoor gatherings are a concern. Doctors say you have to be vigilant and avoid crowds. People may be ignoring advice because theyre tired and havent seen anybody personally who is ill. Reporter nine greek houses are under quarantine at the university of wisconsin. Dozens of students have tested positive. In st. Paul, minnesota, the governor warns the state is at a tipping point. Its one of 30 reporting an increase in cases. Arkansas, the university of arkansas announced classes are canceled for the next two weeks. Alex presha, abc news, washington. And House Speaker nancy pelosi appeared on msnbc this morning for an interview that did not include anything about salon instead the believ psident tmpay try to do to ne of the thoughts that is out there is that he will declare victory on the basis of the people who voted that day, and thats why hes discrediting in advance any vote by mail. So how can americans prepare . Well, again, the most important thing to do is to vote. Pelosi went on to encourage americans to vote as early as possible so they do not risk being exposed to the coronavirus on election day. She also said that if you chose to vote in person, to prepare to wait to cast your vote because it may take a while. Still ahead onn mornin in sonoma county. These salmon are from the Russian River. What impact will the fires have on them . Thats coming up. And a live look from our santa cruz camera. The sun is up and it is hot out there. If youve been outside, you know it, and its only going to get hotter. Keep in mind a lot of beaches around the bay area are closed this Holiday Weekend pandemic. So look it up before you head out. Well check in with lisa on what we can expect. Oh, oh, announcer ® onceweekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar. A majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. Heres your a1c. Oh my a1c is under 7 announcer and you may lose weight. Adults who took ozempic® lost on average up to 12 pounds. I lost almost 12 pounds oh announcer for those also with known heart disease, ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death. It lowers the risk. Oh and i only have to take it once a week. Oh oh, oh, oh, ozempic® announcer ozempic® is not for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. Do not share needles or pens. 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Relay for life will hold a socially distanced drivein movie to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. The event will be held at the parking lot of the Lighthouse Christian church in novato. Theyll be showing star wars a new hope at 8 45 tonight. Relay for life was hit hard by the pandemic. The American Cancer Society experienced a 200 million shortfall, making fundraising even more important. Lisa, lets get another quick look outside. Real quick, we dont want to focus on it. Temperatures are in the 70s in the city, actually pretty nice right now. The sky looks pretty blue here, going for a high in the low 90s today in the financial district. At the beaches, an onsho shorsh with temperatures into the 70s. Excessive and dangerous heat in the inland valleys, 25 degrees above average. The accuweather sevenday forecast is next. Thank you, lisa. Also next, madison bgarn rerns oracle park to face the giants but it was a fairly early exit. Chris alvarez will have the highlights. 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You can customize and save. What about internet speeds that can keep up with my gaming . Lets hook you up with the Fastest Internet from xfinity. And now with our stores reopening, were putting Healthy Practices in place. Come visit a store today. Stop in or book an appointment online at a time that works for you. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Ask. Shop. Discover at your local xfinity store today. Welcome back. Lets talk sports. This afternoon, the giants will try to make it two straight wins over the diamondbacks. First pitch at oracle park at 1 05 p. M. And across the bay, the as will try to take their weekend series against the padres, first pitch is at 1 10 at the oakland coliseum. Here is Chris Alvarez with this mornings sports. Good morning. Madison bumgarner broke in with ldfa. Ce19s in 2009, a fresor after 11 seasons gone, the man on the corner of third and king returned to the hills, a member of the arizona diamondbacks. Fans of the cove still focused on the task at hand, going against his former team, the giants. Bottom two. San francisco down 10. Familiar windup and Evan Longeria says that ball is out of here, fifth of the year and knotted up at 11 after that swing of the bat went deep. Next batter, darren ruff and this is ruff for madbum. Connects and doesnt want to look at it. You know its gone. 453 feet to the veggie garden and tied at 22. Mad bum goes four innings. Allows two runs. Giants win 43. Heres madison on keeping his emotion intact and what it felt like making a return without the fans. I still feel i would have done that if people were allowed to come to the games but no doubt it would have been harder, it would have been a little different but you know, that is my objective to go out there that way and put all my attention on what im doing. As paesmein staying in the shade on a hot day at the coliseum. As strike first. Bottom one, its matt olson. Will myers slips and ends up being a tworun triple. Olson has been struggling for three of four days. Himself, loi the 146th running of the Kentucky Derby on saturday the first time the iconic race hasnt happened in may and the fans are not there for the first time at churchill downs. During the leadup it felt like a dress rehearsal but it wasnt. When the gates opened tisthelaw was the favorite and thats how you win the race. Half the lead and tisthelaw, still trying to get em. Off the tick, has won the Kentucky Derby authentic with the upset beating heavy favorite tisthelaw and scary moment afterwards, trr bbaerix dby. That advtise fos on abc 7. Until then, enjoy your sunday. Enjoying it might be hard, lisa, when were talking about tripledigit temps. Get the spray bottles, the fan, going to be a rough one, no doubt about it. As we look at live doppler 7, of course we dont see any fog. To the right hand side of your screen, thats smoke from incredible fire behavior for the creek fire, where were looking at fire generated thunderstorms. And the pyro Cumulo Nimbus goes up at least 30,000 feet in the atmosphere. So it looks like a volcano raining down from those updrafts is ash. So its a pretty scary situation here where folks had to be rescued. And looking at all of that smoke on the west side of the sierra nevada. Moving into the sierra, well see worse air quality ourselves today as this stagnant ridge of High Pressure really exerts itself today. Today will be the peak heat. And then when we get the cooldown, unfortunately its going to come on the side of the ridge of High Pressure which will generate offshore winds. This is whats coming into play in about 30 hours or so, where the winds will gust and our Higher Elevations perhaps up to 40 and 45 miles an hour. Look at that air quality, just horrible out there. 75 San Francisco, 78 in oakland. We have very little wind out there. Weve had the smoke for weeks. So we have that and then we have smoke coming in in the lower levels as well. 82 in gilroy. 68 in half moon bay. And from our sutro tower camera, another smoky look outside. 73 up in santa rosa. 80 in napa. 81 in concord. 79 in livermore. The winds are bringing in the warmth from the upper elevations, in addition to the ridge of High Pressure. So weve had temperatures at 2 and 3,000 feet close to 90 degrees at 4 00 think morning. With those light winds, the ridge of High Pressure is drifting into the bay. Were feeling mild to warm out there. You can see all the haze. On the bay here today, temperatures are going to be warm to hot. The dangerous heat wave continues. Record temperatures for sure. Gusty winds into monday night. The current index shows we have moderate air quality. But a look outside shows that its probably getting worse out there. Highs today, 102 in san jose, hotter than yesterday for everyone. 104 los relief there. 101 los gatos, 95 san mateo, upper 90s at the peninsula. 80 in pacifica. Not often we see that. Downtown, just a couple of miles to the east, were looking at low 90s. Thats warmer than yesterdays 89. Up in the north bay, its already warm. 106 santa rosa. You were about that hot yesterday with 104 in napa. Hazy, hot, dangerously hot to the east bay with mid90s in oakland, 99 in fremont. And you head inland, i havent seen numbers like this, and well exceed records by easily five degrees or so, 112 present board as well as antioch, pittsburg. 111 in pleasanton. Overnight lows, 90s at 8 00. This is towards early in the morning when perhaps we get towards the 70s. Its going to be a rough day, a rough night. The accuweather sevenday forecast, a spare the air alert has been extended into the Labor Day Holiday. The possibility of heat risk, so take it easy out there. Better weather by the end of the week, liz. Looking forward to that, lisa, thank you. As the north bay continues to deal with the smoke from the stillsmoldering wildfires, some experts are already beginning to wonder about this winter. As abc 7s wayne fremanrnbo coho salmon in the Russian River watershed. Reporter in the dry creek h will be the difference between this Rushing Water or ideally the same stuff flowing through this tent city, also known as the warm springs fish hatchery, for endangered coho salmon . Hopefully the difference will be nothing. We have 200,000 juvenile coh adults. Reporter ben white is concerned about them, especially after the waldridge fire. No t rest of the nprecd betwe l Russian River watershed, were talking about 60,000 acres burned, debris flowing into the water, possibly impacting the fish. Its after the first event that were concerned about. Reporter that includes the sonoma water agency, hoping for state money to study the impact of the fires. They face a ecological puzzle with still too many unknowns ranging from sediment to oxygen to food to flow. Problems occur when you have species that have so few numbers, they can only take so many hits. Reporter the fires are already changing some plans. These 9monthold coho would have gone i ml cree alut that o ev singleom us. If you put fish in there, will they survive . We dont know that yet, thats the big question. Reporter the final answer is years away. Those are the vagaries of fire, water, and fish. In sonoma county, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. Next, a virtual celebration for oakland pride begins today. Check your tickets, the winning numbers from last nights 20 million super lotto plus drawing. 1, 18, 22, 26, 27, the mega number 12. A ticket purchased at the holly shell gas station on El Camino Real in san carlos matched all six numbers to win the jackpot. Thats why we say check it out, you might have the winning ticket. The jackpot resets to 7 million. Happening today, virtual pride week in oakland kicks off today. Of course it is virtual this week. It was moved online bause of the pandemic. This years theme is derib latn iocommunity. Interactive activities throughout the week will include a drag show, a virtual vendor village and multiple zoom rooms to socialize, celebrate, and organize. You can find all the information if you want to participate on the oakland pride website. Lisa, lets get a final check of the weather because were in for some hotat yes, liz, widespread, recordbreaking warmth today with temperatures exceeding 110 in our inland valleys. Spare the air alert. 99 in vallejo, 102 in san rafael, 96 in oakland. Does it get any better . Not really, for your labor day. Heatrelated illnesses are possible so try to stay cool out there. By monday night and tuesday, high fire danger. Offshore winds kick up. At the end of the week, were cooler with some fog. Thank you, lisa, and thank you all for joining us on abc 7 mornings. Im liz kreutz along with lisa argen. The nba playoffs continue on abc 7 today. At noon, nba countdown gets you ready for todays big games. You can see the lineup, 12 30, game 4 of the eastern conference semifinals between the Milwaukee Bucks and the miami heat. The bucks try to stay alive and avoid being swept. At 5 30, Houston Rockets battle the l. A. Lakers in game 2 of the person conference semis with the lakers trying to even the series at a game apiece. That is followed by toyota after the game with larry beil at at around 8 00 p. M. Abc 7 news continues at 11 00 tonight. Thanks for joining us and have a great sunday. This is the california spotlight, sponsored by california phones. Social distancing does not have to mean social isolation. Its even more important for people to stay connected right now. Our ctap fulltime Service Centers remain open to help you get the right phone or accessory for your needs. 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