Mid 80s in San Francisco and 90 in oakland and upper 90s for san jose and 108 in concord. We have excessive heat warnings and heat advisories that will be in effect from 11 00 a. M. Today all the way through wednesday 9 00 p. M. And thats for most of the bay area except for the immediate coastline. So this will be a prolonged heat wave for us. Here in the bay area. Well talk more about what you can expect as we head through the next several days where you live, coming up in a few minutes. And due to the dangerous heat, state officials have issued a statewide flex alert for today. Were all being asked to voluntarily conserve energy between 3 00 and 10 00 p. M. If you need a place to cool off, there are several cooling centers around the bay area. Palo alto will be open from 1 00 this afternoon until 6 00. And cooling centers will also be available in san jose at may Fair Community center. The Camden Center on union avenue. You can also stop by the Roosevelt Center and doors open at 1 00 this afternoon. And we have links to information on cooling centers and how to beat the heat, visit our website. Kpix. Com. Those cooling centers could help ease the strain on the power grid. Concord broke the record high yesterday at 101 degrees and today is expected to be even hotter at 108. Its nicer around here than it is at home. Lets go downtown and get something to eat and enjoy a glass of wine. When theres excessive heat like this theres a lot of air conditioning use and that drives up the demand. Again the states flex alert is for this afternoon from 3 00 to 10 00. And everyone is being asked to raise airconditioning thermostats to 78 degrees if possible during those hours. Im anne makovec at the live news desk. And we are keeping our eye on a couple of very large fires burning right now in southern california. Starting off with the newest one this one is called the ranch fire. Its burning in the azuzus foothills and burned at least 3,000 acres and homes in the Mountain Cove area are under mandatory evacuation orders. It blew up right after it started just before 3 00 yesterday afternoon. So we are waiting for an update from cal fire once the sun comes up and they can get a better idea of the size of that fire. Also keeping an eye on the lake fire. That one has been burning since wednesday in the Angeles National forest. And at this point, it has destroyed three structures and that number is expected to climb. It is only 5 contained and it could flare up again with these hot temperatures that we have been dealing with. That mary has been warning us about. It is consumed more than 16 square miles of timber and brush so far in addition to those three structures. And 100 homes are threatened. The cause of both fires still under investigation. But were going to keep an eye on that. Michelle, back to you. New this morning, two people are in the hospital after shots were fired in San Francisco overnight. Police say two groups of people in two cars were involved in some kind of disagreement at the 100 block of otis street south of market. One person has lifethreatening injuries and no description of the suspect has been released at this time. In san jose, all lanes on northbound 85 near Camden Avenue are back open following a deadly crash involving multiple vehicles. It happened around 3 00 this morning. The cause is under investigation. Turning now to our back to school coverage. This morning, San Francisco supervisors a long with School Officials will hold a hearing for parents. Sfusd is slated to start school on monday. Meanwhile, in marin county, today officials will start accepting waiver applications for Elementary Schools looking to reopen for inperson learning. Some teachers in marin have protested a return to the classroom. While a group of parents launched a website which features links to site petitions and easily contact state officials who have a large say in giving the green light. Its a really hard topic because its so easy for people to get people polarized. Stories in indiana and georgia. Lot os kids in communities are getting it by passed it around in schools and high schools in particular because theyre not wearing masks. Officials say if infections are less than 200 cases per 100,000 in population, local Health Departments can consider waivers. Priority will be given to schools with outdoor space. Tdi think the discouraging thing is that in pretty much every Public School at least, and probably in private schools as well, to do it as safely as possible means spending more money. Marin county Health Officials will be reviewing applications next week. The earliest Elementary Schools could reopen would be september 8th and we know theres a lot of changes with the new school year to stay up todate just head to our website. Kpix. Com backtoschool. Governor newsom responding to parent who is say their kids are being denied a fair education. Its in response to a lawsuit that some california parents filed against the governor over his School Reopening plan. Parents allege it violates their constitutional rights. In a formal opposition brief the state says parents are relying on inaccurate and outdated beliefs that kids cant spread covid19 at school. A hearing is set for monday. Later today. Governor newsom will give an update on coronavirus. You can watch that live at noon on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area at kpix. Com. Happening today, stanfords new title ix policy will take effect. The Campus Community has six days to comment on a draft proposal outlining the ways sexual abuse complaints will be filed and investigated going forward. Meantime, its official. Stanford is joining the rest of the bay areas universities and keeping its campus closed this fall. The school had initially planned to allow a small portion of undergrads to be there in person before concluding its just simply too risky right now. Stanford told us quote it is reviewing those comments and making changes to the draft it issued last week and plans to release more information next week about the feedback it received and why it was accepted, not accepted, or accepted in a quote modified manner. California hit another coronavirus milestone. We added 7,000 more confirmed cases making us the first state to top 600,000. 160 more deaths were also reported. This morning, according to usc researchers, fever is usually the first symptom for patients. Cough and muscle pain are next. Followed by nausea and diarrhea. The scientists presented the ordered list of symptoms to help both patients and doctors during the pandemic. A Northern California city has been selected to participate in a covid19 vaccine trial. As many as 200 people from sacramento are expected to be enrolled. Just this week, Uc Davis Health and Kaiser Permanente announced a partnership with pfizer inc. And biontech to participate in a global vaccine study. Both Health Groups will enroll hundreds of people for randomized trials and half the patients will receive the vaccine and the other half will receive a placebo. The goal is to enroll up to 30,000 participants and more than 120 sites around the world. Local doctors say sacramento has been chosen because of the willingness of people there to participate and also the diversity of the patients there. There is a disproportionate number of people being affected who are africanamericans and latinx and its important that any trial have a diverse population. Pfizer and biontech are on track to seek regulatory review as soon as object and the plan is to supply up to 100 million doses by the end of 2020. A live look at san jose. Only two days left now if you want to get tested for covid19 at william c. Overfelt high school on cunningham avenue. Doors open up 1 00 this afternoon until 6 00 tonight and also stop by tomorrow morning starting at 9 00. In gilroy, today is the last day at the pop up site at south county annex on wren avenue. Doors open at 10 00 this morning and palo alto you can stop by the Arts Center Auditorium on newell road if you book an appointment. And for a full list of all of the testing sites across the bay area, just head to our website. Kpix. Com. Still ahead on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, former inmates getting a Second Chance at life. The first of its kind program in california. Heres a live look with our san jose camera. And it is 74 degrees right now in san jose. Its a warm start to the day across the bay area. Were really going to heat up and well talk about the excessive heat warning and heat advisory all of that in effect coming up. And with that comes the spare the air alert. Encouraging you to use Public Transit. Well take a look at youre travel times there as well as your drive times in the altamonte. Remember we want to see what back to school means to you this year. Send us a picture to backtoschool it is 5 13. On this friday morning. And we are really going to heat up as we head through our afternoon. Excessive heat warnings and heat advisories in effect from 11 00 a. M. Today all the way through wednesday 9 00 p. M. For most of the bay area. Except the immediate coastline. Well talk about how hot it will get where you live coming up. A live look at Alcatraz Island from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera. After being closed for five months, the top tourist attraction is reopening to the public. Starting next week, Ferry Service resumes to and from the rock. But if you want to tour the inside of the big house, you are going to have to wait. For now, your alcatraz experience will be outdoors only. Trails and gardens outside of the historic prison will reopen and you can even listen to a revised audio tour. However, the cell blocks will stay closed to comply with state covid guidelines. Its now 5 14. A live look at Treasure Island now where some former inmates are getting their first taste of freedom in decades. Its all part of a first of its kind program in california. Dozen Domestic Violence survivors who served time for killing their abusers are getting a fresh start. Their moving into one of the two bedroom apartments on the island. The Transitional Housing Program was started by the five keys. Home free project. This is righting a terrible wrong. That was committed against these women. This is a place of safety. Something so new and fresh that we can just breathe. Its a renewed life. The housing is rent free and subsidized in part by the city. The women are expected to move in as early as this fall. Right now, the clock is ticking for many california renters and homeowners. Evictions and foreclosures could resume september 1st in areas without local protections after the state Judicial Council voted to allow temporary statewide protections to expire. Lawmakers are working on a pair of proposals to extend protections for people still out of work. The main Sticking Point in their negotiations, how to help Property Owners deal with lost rent. More changes coming to muni. Starting on august 22nd their Metro Rail Service is expected to return. But its going to look a little different. Lets check in now with gianna with details on what riders can expect. All right, well, in order for me to help with social distancing, its actually making a few changes and its getting rid of the use of one car trains and also adding more transfer stations, so for example, you will now have to forever the k, l and j lines which may take some getting used to. This will allow more riders to have more space on the trains and safety is also something they prioritized in fact we spoke with the transportation director jeffrey tunnel lynn on how taking muni may be safer than you think. We still have not seen a single case of covid transmission on muni vehicles themselves. Doesnt not to say that it hasnt happened. But there have certainly been zero instances of superspreading and despite the Contact Tracing that were doing, no no Contact Tracing has come back to muni service. Now speaking of Public Transit, today might be a good day to opt for Public Transit as spare the air alert has been issued due to heat advisory. Sheathier recommending that you use b. A. R. T. And use muni as the alternate route. Or you can always ride your bike but again with the hot temperatures be careful if you do that. Limit your Outdoor Activities also an idea as well. Just be mindful of social distancing. Everything on time and b. A. R. T. Caltrain and muni. No delays and also coming up on august 16th. Samtrans will continue to make service changes. Theyll increase bus service resume fare collection and front door boarding. Again that begins this sunday august 16th. As far as the roadways go, you have got brake lights already forming in the Altamont Pass. We were hoping for friday light conditions. But it is a little slow already getting busy from the 205 and 580 connector going westbound heading near grant line. One you are past all that it looks better connecting on to the 680 interchange there. Your drive times though still in the green. 28 minutes westbound 580. 205 over to 680. Eastshore freeway westbound 830. Highway 4 to the maze. Only 13 minutes. Highway 4 clear as well as 101 out of the south bay. No troubles right now if you are making that drive along the peninsula. Bridges are pretty quiet right now. Bay bridge clear as you head out of the east bay into San Francisco. With no delays. San mateo bridge right now checking in with a 13 minute drive time westbound as you head from hayward into foster city. Taillights to 101 and the Golden Gate Bridge pretty light right now. Definitely friday light out of marin heading into the city. Thats a look at your morning drive. Lets get more on this extreme today. Heres mary. Okay. Gianna, first, i want to show you a live look and this is in san jose this morning. And we are looking at temperatures in san jose in the mid 70s with mostly cloudy skies. It is a warm start and were really going to see these temperatures skyrocket later on this afternoon. Now lets show you our temperatures across the region this morning. So we are looking at 60s and 70s at this hour. So heres a live look with our Salesforce Tower camera. With mostly cloudy skies looking east. And with that, looking at 72 in concord and oakland at 67 and 7 a livermore and San Francisco 65 and looking at 63 for santa rosa. So 24 hour temperature change, of course much warmer compared to yesterday at this time. If you stepped outside, you will definitely feel that difference. Looking at anywhere from 9 to 14 to 16 degrees warmer compared to yesterday morning. And as we head through our afternoon, record highs likely record tying and record breaking high temperatures for many locations as we go through the afternoon. Now lets show you what you can expect with that excessive heat warning and heat advisory all kick into effect at 11 00 a. M. Today until wednesday 9 00 p. M. This is going to be a prolonged heat event for the bay area. So looking at that excessive heat warning, highlighted in pink. And a heat advisory in orange. So most of the bay area under a heat warning or heat advisory except for the immediate coastline. But even along the coast, you are going to warm up as well. So heres the satellite and radar view. And this low pressure system that brought the onshore flow is moving away from us and the strong ridge of High Pressure over the Desert Southwest will be building in and this ridge will be the dominant weather factor for us. Its heat dome helping those temperatures to skyrocket. So as we head through the afternoon, after the high clouds this morning, were going to see that sunshine and today the hottest day of the week. And some of the hottest temperatures that weve seen so far this summer. For tomorrow, still looking at those hot conditions. Lets break it all down for you for the south bay, looking at 98 close to triple digits for san jose. 100 in campbell and 104 morgan hill and 101 los gatos. 99 for cupertino. The east bay, 108 in concord. 109 in brentwood. For the trivalley, 106 for livermore. Around the bay, looking at 85 in San Francisco and 90 in oakland and for alameda. And mid to upper 90s to triple digit heat for the north bay. Here we go with that extended forecast. Still looking hot for our weekend. And then still were going to continue with those hot temperatures into next week. Back to you. All right, mary, thank you. Happening today, fremont is hosting its first drivein movie e ends. It will be at the central park softball field parking lot on stevenson boulevard and tickets are 35 a car and gates open up at 7 00 this evening and tonight the movie is jaw man gee the next level. Apparently drivein popups are something were seeing all over these days. Including down on the boardwalk in santa cruz. While the rides sit empty the boardwalk is planning to host drivein movies on fridays and saturdays. The first skrining is planned for next friday. And the river parking lot at the corner of beech and 3rd streets. Once again, cements to be a popular movie. It will be playing. Not trolls. Unfortunately for you. The time is now 5 22. Still ahead on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area in the next half hour on a mission to help those in need and shes only 6 years old. Her inspiring Nonprofit Organization coming up. And coming up at 7 00 on cbs this morning, hear from the president s soninlaw and Senior Advisor jared kushner, plus a look at ahead at the dnc and tracking great white sharks and how scientists are protecting them. Well be right back. Right now, new this morning, an inspiring 6year old girl is on a mission to help those in need. Yeah, beginning with the homeless. Paris williams and her parents have delivered more than 500 care packages through her very own Nonprofit Organization. This was in kirkwood, missouri and she not only putts food and drinks and essential items in the bag, she also adds a personal note in there as well. Paris is started a fundraiser selling tshirts and masks to help raise money in support of her mission. All the proceeds will help her feed the homeless. Oh thats so awesome. Ahead on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, why some mcdonalds workers in Alameda County are claiming victory after allegations involving coffee filters and doggie diapers. And those dangerous temps on the way. Mary has your full forecast in a few minutes. You have a live look there at san jose. Time now 5 26. Well be right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, dangerously hot temperatures surrounding most of the bay area today and this is just the beginning. Plus, an ambitious goal for Santa Clara County. How it plans to house 20,000 Homeless People in just a few short years. They can be forged. They can be captured. They can be taken. President trumps new threat to the Postal Service. Good morning everyone, it is friday, august 14th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese, good morning to you. Glad to have you with us. Grab your sunscreen before you head out the door. Were expecting record temperatures. Heres mary with the forecast. Thats right. You will need sunscreen and a lot of water if you are heading outside. Do recommend just trying to stay inside and cool and safe in this heat. Because we are looking at those temperatures skyrocketing. In fact, today the hottest day of the week, and the hottest temperatures some of hottest temperatures we have seen so far this summer coming our way. Heres a live look with our sutro cam and you can see mostly cloudy skies this morning. But our temperatures are definitely on the warm side. Were in the 60s and 70s to start off ow day and as we head through the afternoon, were looking at triple digit heat in concord and for fairfield. Livermore upper 90s close to 100 degrees in san jose. 90 in oakland and mid 80s for San Francisco. So we do have an excessive heat warning as well as a heat advisory in effect for most of the bay area except for the immediate coastline. So that heat excessive heat warning highlighted in pink and that heat advisory in orange. Thats from 11 00 a. M. Today all the way through wednesday 9 00 p. M. Thats just how long this heat event will last for us. Details on what you can expect where you live coming up. And with all that heat, there are several cooling Centers Opening up around the bay area today. If you live in pleasant hill, the District Office on ellenwood way will open its doors to the public starting at 1 00 this afternoon. The Richmond Office on mcdenied avenue will also be available for you. And antioch residents can stay cool at the Nick Rodriguez Community Center on f street. Doors open there at noon. Face coverings are required and social distancing will be enforced. We have links to information in all the cooling centers and other ways to beat the heat. Visit our website. Kpix. Com. Im anne makovec at the live news desk. And we are keeping our eye on a couple of large fires burning right now in southern california. Starting off with the newst one, this is in the azuza foothills and its called the ranch fire. And it has caused diseasens of homes to be evacuated overnight. It started just before 3 00 yesterday afternoon. So those mandatory evacuations are in the Mountain Cove area and so far its burned at least 3,000 acres. Cal fire is going to give us a better idea of exactly what theyre dealing with and once the sun comes up. Also that fire thats about three times the size of that one thats been burning since wednesday in the Angeles National forest. The lake fire, that has destroyed several buildings right now. And those evacuations are still in effect. Its 5 contained and firefighters are warning us that it could flare up again with these hot temperatures that were seeing. 100 homes evacuated in the lake hughes area. And the cause of that fire is still under investigation. In fact, the cause of both of them right now. Cal fires main priority is to try to get a handle on these fires. Back to you. Developing news this morning. Santa clara county is launching its boldest and most aggressive plan yet in a vow to end homelessness. About 10,000 people are homeless in the county right now. And county leaders predict another 20,000 will be on the streets over the next five years. The plan is to house all of those people and reduce those on the brink of homelessness by 30 a year. I think i would describe this Community Plan as necessary. Given the crisis were facing in our community. You ask me you know thats going to take time. The Affordable Housing bond passed in 2016 would help fund the project. But millions of extra dollars are needed. The plan is to ask for help from cities, the county, private companies, and maybe even voters again. In 2015, Santa Clara County had a goal of creating 6,000 housing opportunities and they exceeded that by housing more than 14,000. Update now out of Alameda County. A victory for some workers at an oakland mcdonalds. They claim they were forced the wear doggie diapers and coffee filters than our faces in place of proper masks. A judge granted their request against the owner of the telegraph avenue franchise. It imposes nearly a dozen new health and safety requirements to be followed for the next six months. The plaintiffs claim at least 25 workers contracted covid19. The franchisee told us in june he personally purchased 3,000 masks and 500 set of gloves for his employees. So far he has not responded to our request for comment. Live look now at the white house where President Trump is threatening to block new money for the Postal Service aimed at handling an expected rush of mail in ballots. Millions and millions of mailin ballots. Because they can be forged. They can be captured. They can be taken. The president continues to promote a narrative that mail in voting this fall could be a source of fraud. He says he might thats needed to handle those extra ballots. Democrats say that would be an ax of sabotage with the new postmaster general taking part. He seems to have been put in to destroy the post office. And certainly make it much harder to conduct a fair election. Cbs news learned that after lewis dejoy took over the Postal Service in june he implemented cost cutting measures that led to delays in delivery. He said in a statement that theres no effort to slow down the mail. Democrats want 25 billion in emergency funding for the Postal Service and 3. 5 billion in supplemental funding to help local Election Officials increase staffing. Live look now at capitol hill. The senate has left for nearly a month long break with no progress on a new Coronavirus Relief package. One of the biggest Sticking Points has been federal unemployment. Democrats want to keep extra benefits at 600 a week. The white house is still trying to bypass congress with an executive action that would provide about half of that. Its still unclear how long the president s plan would take to implement or whether it would survive legal challenges. New this morning, an entire cargo plane full of medical supplies will be on its way to beirut thanks to a california nonprofit. Direct relief is spending 500,000 to send medical equipment to lebanon after the blast ten days ago damaged hospitals and killed Many Health Care workers. At least 200 people were killed and 6,000 injured in the explosion. New video out of south korea shows thousands of medical professionals taking part in a one day strike. Theyre protesting the governments plan to train new doctors over the next ten years in case of another health crisis. Organizers say the country already has more than enough physicians and about a quarter of south koreas clinics staged a walkout today. New this morning, new zealands Prime Minister has extended a lockdown in auckland. It comes after12 new cases with confirmed in the city. 38 people linked to the virus cluster have been moved into quarantine facilities. New zealand had contained the spread of the disease going 102 days without a case of community transmission. A live look at sfo. A new survey finds that nearly half of americans have taken or plan to take a vacation during the pandemic. According to ipx, just 27 had followed through on the original travel plans. But another 20 say they are keeping their reservations. 37 of respondents say they have put the plans on hold. San franciscos Tourism Industry could see a loss of more than 10 billion through 2021. The citys Tourism Bureau expects business and leisure visitors to spend 3. 1 billion this year. And 5. 5 billion next year. Thats down from 9. 6 billion in 2019. The total number of visitors is expected to drop this year by 52 . Its 5 38. Lets go live now to jersey city where Diane King Hall joins us for this mornings money watch report. Diane, good morning and happy friday. Reporter good morning len and happy friday. Well, the Trump Administration is rolling back another obama era Environmental Protection rule. This one designed to limit methane leaks from oil and gas fields and pipelines. The move by the Environmental Protection agency eliminates need to check for leaks twice a year. Some states and activists pledge to sue the administration. Meanwhile, apple is gearing up to take a bigger bite out of the subscription landscape. According to bloomberg, the tech titan is planning to launch new plans to bundle several of its Services Like apple tv and app 8 music and icloud storage. No official word on pricing but the company is expected to reportedly offer tiers with a discount for puddling. A new school year is looming and the rise of Remote Learning is expected to take a toll on family finances. According to bankrate. Com 61 of families are evaluating their budgets and careers. About a third says expenses would take the biggest toll on finances and 23 cited the lack of Work Life Balance as their greatest hurdle. 22 said having to cut work hours while helping excuse me, will hurt their finances. And 15 of respondents said they might have to stop working altogether. Len . And diane, perhaps going to the movies makes cents after all. Term us about amcs latest plan to get movie goers back. Reporter yes. Throwback prices. Amc says ticket prices for its august 20th opening day will cost a simple nickel and a dime. Thats the same price as in 1920 when the chain first opened. No new films at the 15cent showings and it includes black panther and grease and ghostbusters. The snacks and drinks aregoing to cost you right . Reporter thats true yeah. We need to roll back prices for those too. All right, Diane King Hall of cbsmoneywatch. Com. Thank you much. All right. Ahead on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, dinner and drag. The bay area queens not letting the pandemic slow them down. Thats coming up. All right, we are going to heat up this afternoon. Today the hottest day of the week. And some of the hottest temps so far this year. Along the coast warming up to mid to upper 70s to low 80s and around the bay, mid to upper 80s to low 90s. And triple digit heat inland. The forecast where you live. And the roadways getting a little crowded for that commute into the Altamont Pass. Well take a look at your drive times plus look welcome back. 5 43 on this friday morning and right to the excessive heat warnings and heat advisories in effect for most of the bay area except the immediate coastline. From 11 00 a. M. All the way through wednesday 9 00 p. M. Due to the dangerous and extreme heat. The full forecast especially where you live, coming up. New this morning, doctors are telling the ncaa its a bad idea to hold Football Games this fall. But each conference will make the final decision. The big 12. Southeastern and Atlantic Coast conferences say they are forging ahead despite the pandemic. While the big 10 and pac 12 are holding off. This comes as the First High School Football Game in the country was held. Since the pandemic began. It happened at Harriman High School south of salt lake city. The game was sold out with 25 capacity in the stands. A bay area athlete now in nfls highest paid tight end by a mile. Heres kpix 5s sports director Dennis Odonnell with all the details. Good morning, everybody, i ended yesterdays sportscast by saying the 49ers were on the verge of a megadeal with the tight end george kittle. Guess what . It happened. Both parties agreeing to a five year, 75 million extension. 40 million guaranteed. Kittle, just a fifth rounder in 2017, becomes by far the highest paid tight end in the league. The nfl ranked him the seventh best player in the league and now Kyle Shanahan has him locked up for years to come. I think it says a lot about the person we did it for. We were just pumped to get it done because its something were all dying to get Something Like that done with a player like george and thankfully we did. Hes going to make plays and hes going to block. Hes the best blocking tight end and best catching tight end and best tight end in the league. Proud of him and he really deserves everything. Im Dennis Odonnell, see you tonight. New this morning, korean researchers just rolled out some hightech gear to power up your phone by crawling to a charger. The socalled case crawler is a case that helps a smart phone crawl to a charger when the battery is low. Oh. Looks a little creepy. But apparently it works. Right now it can only scamper forward in the direction of a charging pad on your desk. In the future Developers Hope the miniature robot will be able to return to the owner when fully charged. No word yet when the case crawler will hit the market. Also new this morning, kohls now giving its customers a new augmented Reality Experience on snapchat. Combs says its a virtual closet that allows customers to use the app to virtually try on clothes. Its apparently part of a new feature of the selfie lens on snapchat. If you like what you see, you can make the purchase on the same app. Also happening today, you can get a special delivery in San Francisco. Yeah. How about a show with your next meal . Its called meals on heels. A drag queen delivers your food and cocktails along with a socially distant lip sync performance. Night club oasis is offering this on friday nights as a way to pay the bills while theyre shut down. Pretty entertaining way. Thats a good good weekend plan i think, gianna. I think thats a great idea, looks like a lot of fun. All right, taking a look at the roadways right now. Its a little crowded out there. Not as bad as it usually is for like monday through thursday. Slightly friday light. But again, theres still some brake lights thats the Altamont Pass commute. So if you typically take 580 you know what to expect. It is slow and go coming out of tracy getting on to 580. Extends to just about grant line so not as far back as mountain house. Thats good news. But just a little slow through there. 30 minutes almost for your drive time to go westbound 205 over to 680. The good news on the eastshore freeway this morning, highway 80 over towards highway 4 to the maze, only 14 minutes right now. And theres no really major delays as you work towards the bay bridge toll plaza. Traffic is pretty light so far. No metering lights just yet. So at the limit as you work your way out of the east bay into the city. Taking a look at conditions across the san mateo bridge, we are certainly starting to see a few more cars on the roadway. But traffic still moving at a nice pace across the span westbound as you work over to 101. And the Golden Gate Bridge, looks pretty good as well. With no major delays right now. Southbound 101 out of marin into San Francisco, if you are coming from where the Richmond San Rafael bridge connects to 101, that will take you just about 15 minutes to make that ride. Due to the warm temperatures today, a spare the air alert has been issued. So they are recommending to use Public Transit and everything is on time right now as well as to drive smart. Some recommendations limiting time on the roadways and you can combine errands over one trip and obviously obeying the speed limit and limiting Outdoor Activities. Going to be definitely warm today. Lets talk about the hot temperatures. Heres mary. And gianna, well see some of the hottest temperatures so far this summer. So please do what you can to stay safe and cool in this heat. And this is going to be a prolonged heat event for us here in the bay area. Well a stunning sunrise with the Salesforce Tower camera. You can see mostly cloudy skies but the golden colors in the sky with our sunrise this morning. Lets check our temperatures because of that cloud cover, acting like an insulator. Were looking at warm start to the day and were in the 60s and 70s this morning. If you stepped outside, you definitely feel that difference. 72 in concord this morning. 67 in oakland and livermore mid 70s. Mid 60s in San Francisco and 74 for you in san jose. And looking at 63 for santa rosa. 24 hour temperature change and were anywhere from 9 to 16 degrees warmer compared to yesterday at this time. And we will see those temperatures skyrocket this afternoon. In fact were talking about record highs likely this afternoon. So record tying and record breaking highs as we head through the day for many locations as we go through our afternoon. Lets get right to the excessive heat warnings and heat advisories in effect. Starting today at 11 00 a. M. All the way through wednesday 9 00 p. M. For most of the bay area. So really except the immediate coastline, under a heat warning or heat advisory. So an excessive heat warning highlighted in pink and in orange that heat advisory. Because of this dangerous heat. So this low pressure system that has been bringing for most of the summer, that onshore flow is moving away from us. And a strong ridge of High Pressure is building in from the Desert Southwest. This heat dome is the reason why were going to see the temperatures soar this afternoon. So were starting off our day with those high clouds and were going to see those clouds move out and that sunshine and again, really heating up this afternoon and staying hot for your saturday as well. Now lets show you our daytime highs. Breaking it all down for you. For the south bay, 98 close to triple digit heat in san jose. Looking at 100 in campbell and 104 in morgan hill and 101 for los gatos and 98 for milpitas. For the east bay. Some of the hottest temperatures this afternoon. Concord hitting 108. 109 in brentwood. The trivalley. 106 in livermore. Around the bay, San Francisco in the mid 80s. 80 in sausalito and check out oakland. Alameda, 90 degrees. 92 for you in san leandro and for the north bay. Mid to upper 90s to triple digit heat as we head through our afternoon and 106 for a high in yucaipa to our north. Heres the extended forecast and what you can expect. So there we go staying hot for tomorrow. And still looking at temperatures on the warm to hot side just a touch cooler by a few degrees on sunday. And then triple digit heat inland as we look ahead to next week. Back to you. Time now is 5 51. 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Get hefty ultra strong at a low price right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, extreme and dangerous heat setting in. Mary has everything you need to know as the bay area braces for triple digits today. Plus, the urgent message this morning amid concerns about straining the power grid. Right now, wildfires are raging in parts of los angeles county. The incredible images from overnight. Good morning everyone, it is friday, august 14th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. Good morning. Lets get right to mary with that extreme heat. All right. Len and michelle. Yeah were talking about record breaking high temperatures this afternoon. And in fact, some of the hottest temperatures so far this summer coming our way. Heres a live look with our sutro camera and were starting off our day in the 60s and 70s. It is a warm start to our friday. And temperaturens will skyrocket this afternoon. Check out these daytime highs. 108 in concord. 109 in fairfield. Livermore topping out at 106. Reaching 98 close to 100 degrees in san jose and 90 in oakland and 85 for San Francisco. 80 for pacifica. So even warm along the coast. Lets get right
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