Anywhere from four to about 15 degrees warmer with that 24 hour temperature change compared yesterday afternoon. As we go through the day we are talking about daytime highs about 4 to 11 degrees above average for this time of year, 72 for a highend services go, 79 in oakland, upper 80s to about 90 in san jose and upper 90s for concorde. Tomorrow we are really going to crank up the heat with dangerous heat, talking about an excessive heat watch for the areas highlighted in yellow including the east bay hills, east bay interior valleys and for the south bay and in pink, that is an excessive heat effecttomorrow at at 7 pm. We will talk about how hot it will get in your neighborhood as we go through the next several days with his heatwave in full effect, details on that coming up in a few minutes. Ive been monitoring this hearing where pg e is discussing its plans for more power safety, or rather Public Safety power shutoffs with state regulators. Erkind and state regulators want to make sure its going to be better this year which is made even more complicated during a pandemic. The consequences are not nearly questions of inconvenience, they are questions of can i pay thisn feed ly this month . L last year pg es policy of shutting off powerlines when fire danger is high left over 2 Million People without power, some several times for periods of several days, often without proper communication before and during the shut off. State regulators say it was done haphazardly and it cant happen that way again. We have acted upon them with a sense of urgency and its been our highest calling over the last year. So pg e says this fire season their goal is to have 33 percent fewer impacted customers, 50 percent faster restoration times within 12 hours of conditions improving and they are going to be working with hospitals and people with medical needs to make sure they have the backup power before theres a shutdown. The state though is warning pg e that they are going to be judged on their outcomes this time, not their plans. Back to you. To the fire watch now, i live look at a fastmoving wildfire in southern california, you can see all of that smoke in the area, even some flames, this is at lake hughes about an hours drive north of los angeles. The socalled lake fire 00s foi in allen county. Reporter swirling winds spawned a fire tornado as crews battled a blaze that started in the Angeles National forest north of los angeles. Yesterdays fire quickly erupted by sundown to over 6000 acres and by late last night we reportats 1 2 square miles, people in about 100 homes and businesses have been told to evacuate near the town of lake hughes. It was a wall of flames. Everything was burning up. Reporter the fire is devouring everything in its path including homes and cars. We did lose several structures, i do not know the number of structures. Reporter firefighters rescued this flag as flames surrounded them, light winds, high temperatures, and dense brush are fueling the fire. Theres been areas of this fire that has not turned in decades its in on accessible terrain which added to the complexity of the fire. Reporter light in gave crews a brief respite for temperatures in the mid90s are expected through the weekend. This will be a major fire for several days. Reporter huge plumes of smoke are rising thousands of feet into the air, people can see it south of los angeles more than 60 miles away. The lake fire is zero percent contained, about 1000 firefighters are battling it in the air and on the ground. Back in the bay area, all lanes are back open after crash involving several vehicles on the lower deck of the bay bridge this morning. E wrecer passing by took this craskeo la near as crews got the scene cleaned up her more than a dozen water main breaks causing problems in the east bay. 15 mains ruptured last night. About 300 customers are without Water Service right now. They say aging pipes cracked from too much pressure. The latest covid19 numbers from around the bay area, the total number of confirmed cases now stands at about 66,000. Alameda, santa clara and contra costa counties have the highest numbers, more than 900 people have crosswalk device is being installed thats touch free aimed at protecting pedestrians in this era of covid19. We go to san jose where today county officials gave a demonstration of how it all works. Reporter if you are feeling a bit uneasy about touching crosswalk buttons these days, you are not alone, but what if i told you you didnt even have to touch it at all . Its the pedestrians dilemma, how do you push that crosswalk button . Will it be the lien method, the tshirt method . Maybe it will be a tried and true elb here in san jose, its none of the above, you are looking at the state of californias very first no touch crosswalk button, just wave your hand in front of it and off you go. The engineer designed the sensors which use existing infrared technology, they are no more expensive and swapping out the old ones takes no extra time. The state of california fasttrack the approval process and now the county is on track to replace all its crosswalk buttons. Lppu. Look like a proud papa. Reporter the county has a history of using hightech traffic solutions, in 2010 county engineers installed microwave sensors to distract detect the speed of pedestrians to give more time to slower walkers and in 2015 they put in bluetooth and wifi sensors to anonymously track cell phones which in turn was used in so called predictive signals that change the timing of the lights to reduce congestion. D now added this new irus, no feature based on covi19 and the possibility that you buy touching things can spread the virus. We are here to pop serve the public in any way and this was something that was called on us to step up and we are happy we delivered. The u. S. Death toll from covid19 hit its highest point in several weeks with nearly 1500 deaths on wednesday, the head of the cdc says the upcoming flu season could make the crisis even worse. This could be the worst fall from a Public Health perspective that weve ever had. Reporter he says americans can avoid the worst of it if they wear masks, but we need to have 95 percent compliance for it to work. Campaign 2020 meets the coronavirus fight, joe biden calling on governors across the country to mandate mask wearing. He and Kamala Harris got a briefing from Public Health experts just a few minutes ago. Joe biden said as a nation we should all be wearing a mask for the next three months because it will save lives. The democratic pair is focusing their case against President Trump on his response to the pandemic. Reporter joe biden and Kamala Harris say they have a plan to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. Masking, clear sciencebased guidance, dramatically scaling up testing, getting states and local governments the resources they need to open the schools and businesses safely. Reporter harris said president s trumps lack of a response has had deadly consequences. s refusal to get testing up and running, his flipflopping on social distancing and wearing masks, his delusional belief that he knows better than the experts. All of that is reason and the reason that an american dies of covid19 every 80 seconds. Reporter more than 5 million americans have tested positive for the coronavirus, but President Trump says theres a reason that number is higher in the u. S. Than any other country. The number of cases is not by any means the most important metric to focus on because the fact is, we have more cases because we have far more testing than any country in the world. Reporter its true the u. S. Has done more testing than any other country, but that number is going down. Daily coronavirus tests have dropped about 17 percent since the end of july and even more so in the hardest hit states. If you look at some of the states that had a flare up recently, they are all doing very well. Reporter the president says the focus has shifted to ong pe conditions and the elderly. In an effort to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed. We will keep you updated on all Things Campaign 2020 right here on kpix 5 and kpix. Com. Jobless claims numbers are out this afternoon, about 215,000 californians filed firsttime claims last week. Thats about four percent less than the week prior, that in the last five months, 7 1 2 million californians have filed for unemployment for the first time. Across the country, 963,000 americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week, thats according to the labor department. This marks the First Time Since midmarch that claims are less than 1 million. A piece dealmaking United Arab Emirates the first gulf arab state to have ties with israel, the announcement came from President Trump who hosted the call between the two nations, the israeli Prime Minister says its west Bank Annexation plans have been suspended temporarily, that he would require help from the u. S. This after President Trump asked israel to stop plans in order to get the deal over the line. The deal is considered a new era in arabisraeli relations for the fbis latest International Organization to investigate the explosion in beirut. This from a u. S. Diplomat who says lebanese authorities invited the fbi to take part in the probe. 170 people were killed in the blast and thousands of others were injured. Still ahead, an extra charge when you dine out, why one barry area city is considering the addon to your bill. Plus a high dollar deal Just Announced for 49ers fan favorites. Kpix is working to bring you the positive stories during this difficult time, check them out at kpix. Com together and [upbeat music] today was the day that i put everything in perspective. I fell asleep but when i woke up. boy hi, do you want to share my sandwich . vo good feeds our connections. Good feeds us all. Hormel Natural Choice lunch meats. George kittle is now the highest paid tight end in nfl history thanks to the 49ers according to espn. Both agreed to a fiveyear, 75 Million Contract extension. It includes 40 million guaranteed for injury and 18 million signing bonus per a covid19 surcharge may show up on the lunch bill in palo alto. It would be a flat rate or percentage, and the business gets to keep that surcharge income, the city would have to endorse the idea to move it forward. Apple is gearing up to take a bigger bite out of the subscription landscape. The tech titan is planning to launch new plans that bundle several of its Services Like apple tv, apple music, and i cloud storage. No official word on pricing, but the company will reportedly offer a discount for bundling. Starting today, cooling centers will open up in contra costa county, people can escape the heat at three employment and Human Services offices. The centers will be open from 1 to 5 pm. We are going to need those cooling centers, lets get a check of our weather. Its going to be very hot as we look into fridaye d th temperures soaring, dangerous heat is expected inland and with that excessive heat watch and warnings in effect beginning tomorrow for our inland locations. Here is a li look north at the Golden Gate Bridge and you can see that sunshine out there. Temperatures at this lunchtime are really warming up, 89 in concorde, mid70s in oakland, 93 already right now for livermore. 72 in San Francisco and 87 in san jose. Warming up for today, much warmer compared yesterday with above average temperatures running about 5 to 10 degrees above average, and then as we look ahead to friday into the weekend, and excessive heat watch and warning all in effect for the east bay hills, interior valleys, the south bay, so were going to see the temperatures soar around the weekend. Its all because of the strong ridge of High Pressure of in, above average temperatures. You can see this moisture coming in from the south, its actually tropical moisture from whats left, bringing in clouds into the bay area, so as we go through our are looking atr fo sthigh tonight but even with those clouds we are still going to see the temperatures rising for tomorrow, in fact tomorrow the hottest day of the week. There is a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm with this tropical moisture but i think for the most part we will just have those clouds for tomorrow. Daytime highs today looking at 98 in concorde, 97 for livermore, upper 80s to about 90 for san jose and into the 70s for right around the bay. Heres the extended forecast, there we go with the heat, hopefully you can do what you can to stay safe and cool in the heat, especially tomorrow through the weekend, and continuing with those hot temperatures as we look ahead to next week. Coming up, keeping seniors conn welcome back, two Stanford Business students put their Heads Together to find a way to serve Senior Citizens who might be lonely. This weeks jefferson Award Winners ended up doing a whole lot more. Every photo, every story would we get back from those visits propelled us even further. Reporter madeleine and joy bring comfort and companionship to older adults. 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