Is primed for burning in the fall . We have a live look at dolores park as heat settles in and the bay area. San francisco is hitting the 90s. The heat is not leaving anytime soon. Good evening, i am alan et. K the crowds late this afternoon. Every spot in the parking lot was taken. Its one of the few places to get relief from the heat. This is the state of ocean beach. People were spaced out compared what we have seen at other locations. Brian is tracking the hotspots and the records that were broken today. It is no surprise that they have excessive heat warnings and advisories posted around the bay. It will stay that way for a while. It is rare to see these posted for more than a couple of days. The numbers, concord is at 106. That is a record. Livermore broke a record, started San Francisco. San jose has the record. Santa rosa is approaching one. You can see that the numbers are warm. They will stay that way. Some records have stood for quite a while. The heat is here to stay. There is no breakthrough next week. We have high heat warnings and fire danger in effect in the bay area. Temperatures inland stay near or above 100 degrees next week. It cannot be good news for the fire season. Lets talk to the expert. Earlier today, we got the chance to speak to cal fire about how the fire season looks this year compared to years past. In one word, he calls it robust. The number of fires are up. The acreage is on par with an average fire season. We have had more fires than we normally have in a year. This week alone in southern california, we have seen a large increase in fires and acreage as well. Reporter we had a busy end of june and beginning of july. Since then, things have slowed down. Expect the fire activity to pick up again soon. The wind will kick up in september and october. We have not had damaging fires in the recent weeks. The fuels are critical. We do have folks trying to socially distance and trying to venture into wildland areas. We are seeing the amount of fires. We have been very fortunate to stop those with 20 acres or less. We have an abundance of aircraft. Reporter the aircraft will get moved around as the fires break out in other parts of the state. Across california, everything is dry and primed for burning. All of the hills are brown. The fuels are becoming in alignment with the grass could burn into the brush, which can burn into the timber. Reporter adding to the complexity of the firefight is the constant change of planning the procedures due to the coronavirus pandemic. Beginning with the fire in gilroy at the beginning of july. That was the first test of the fire camp during a pandemic. We did get a lot of best practices that came out of that. I was involved with the incident management team. They came down and took best practices. We had the Health Officer out there taking a look at base camp. They got the opinion from him as far as what he thinks we can do better. We went right from that fire into another large incident in fresno county. We took those best practices and learned more. Their learning as they go. Wildfires part of californias landscape. A goat could be key to fire prevention. There are dozens of goats eating their way to our fire safety. We did sea rescue goats hanging out at a greenhouse site in San Francisco this morning. With fire season coming, this is a reoccurring project to ensure things get tamped down. It takes a day for them to eat an acre of brush and grass. This is becoming a popular alternative. Federal Appeals Court struck down californias ban on highcapacity ammunition magazines. Is that the law violates the second amendment. The california rifle and Pistol Association calls todays ruling a major victory. This is one of governor Gavin Newsoms signature gun control laws. He says he does expected to survive, since the local government restrictions on high capacity magazines have overcome legal challenges. I think it was sound and right. The overwhelming majority of californians agreed when they supported a Ballot Initiative that we put forth. Reporter the state Attorney Generals Office is reviewing the decision. There is no word on whether the state will seek a delay of the ruling to prevent a buying spree. Daily Cities Medical Center has been saved from closing. A Company Called hmc healthcare finalize the purchase of the Medical Center months after bankruptcy threatened its future. In recent weeks, the hospital has been receiving covid19 patients from san quentin state prison. Now, according to the terms of the sale, they must be kept open for 5. 5 years. The hospital has to cover the cost of care to low income patients. The new study from the cdc shows the troubling impact that the current pandemic is having on our Mental Health. About 40 of those surveyed reported conditions ranging from Anxiety Disorders to increased substance use. More than 10 have contemplated suicide. The number was especially high with young adults, with more than 25 reporting those thoughts. Our kpix 5 reporter looks at the toll on teenagers, and what they and their families are doing to help them feel better. Reporter colby was thriving, playing lacrosse, acting, taking campus leadership roles, and hanging out with friends when the covid 19 pandemic disrupted her life. It is like a lethargy. Everything blurs together. Reporter she felt more than the tip goal teenage moodiness. Anxiety feeds into insomnia. Because of insomnia, i am not getting sleep. You fall into the slump, where just never ends. Reporter six out of 10 teenagers say they have experienced loneliness out of the pandemic. No surprise, since they also reported spending three quarters of their waking hours on screens from education to entertainment. A harris poll taken for the National Forge council in may shows more than half of teenagers surveyed felt anxiety. Less than half felt excessive stress, and 43 have struggled with depression. Teenagers go through changes. It is the drastic change. Reporter alexis is a family therapist. Teenagers are not engaging with their peers. Have changes in appetite and their weight fluctuates. They have extreme worry or preoccupation with perfectionism. They are no longer engaging in activities that once brought them joy. Reporter she advises parents to connect with their teenagers. Go to them first and listen. I would encourage them to engage with their peers. I would encourage them to get outside and move their body, even if it is a Family Activity to go out for walks and bike rides. Release some of that energy. Reporter alexis and colby reach out to teens with Mental Health struggles. Im becoming a psychologist. Reporter 260 High School Clubs nationwide are on summer break. Students check in with each other, they share text messages, quarantine tips. And remember ure wort events like kevin love. This is a very tough time. Reporter the Program Associate says that many teenagers are logging on. Want to ensure we are providing resources that are easily accessible and easy to read. We have put a lot of that together. Reporter colby has taken up new hobbies, crocheting and calligraphy come in the company of new kittens. These are ways to explore new parts of you that you never would have been able to tap into in a traditional setting. Reporter she is sharing a simple message a students prepare for the uncertainty of the months to come. They make you are not alone. Still, up ahead, we are looking at locals fighting back in lake tahoe. How they say the weekend getaways are ruining their town . In Northern California neighborhood has been plagued by a burglar. uthings she has gotten her paws on. Crime spike in oakland in the coming months, stocks were flat on wall street today. The dow is up 34 points. The nasdaq was down 23. The s p was down by half a point. This is up to the latest report on u. S. Retail sales. They edged up 1. 2 in july. That is not as much as expected, sales and appliances were back to the pandemic levels. Demand went up address on the gas stations. Is also Building Materials and cars were week. The backtoschool donation drive is showing how we are Better Together. The town Country Village teamed up with family giving tree. They collected School Supplies for students and schools in need. The donations will be double checked and sanitized before they are distributed to schools across the bay area. Thousands of students who Reliance School for their meals are getting a helping hand. This is from the curry family. They are expanding the feed oakland program. They are partnering with 130 restaurants to provide 150,000 meals per day. Those will be distributed to two dozen unified schools for students and families. I think having the ability to do that in the midst of this uncertainty and chaos, and to give people hope, theyre doing this with meals, giving back to the community, that is very special. Latest effort was made possible for a a 1. 5 million grant from kaiser permanente. For more good news, check out the Better Together page on kpix5. Com. Things keep disappearing in one Northern California neighborhood. We will show you if you are thinking of beating the heat this weekend by getting up to lake tahoe, think again. The locals are warning people to stay away. Marissa perlman reports on the plans to keep visitors out. Reporter Beautiful Lake tahoe, is no surprise that traffic is flowing freely through here on a friday afternoon. The pristine escape for families and friends is here. Just outside the main beach area, trash piles up, cigarette butts, liquor bottles, and coffee cups are littering the ground. We are a tourist town, but the people that have been coming here this year are trashing it. Reporter local Business Owners say trash problems here are nothing new. This is the worst they have ever seen. The number of people are coming here is much more. Poto states. The pandemic shutdown travel and others come here to work remotely. Jesse says that the trash and the crowds are getting out of hand. They are having bonfires. They could burn down the town. It is ridiculous. Reporter this lifelong residentdoes not agree with those planning the rally. I was born and raised here. I need tourism for my business. The town needs tourism. Reporter he says this is a tourist town and it needs visitors to thrive. I went to see people out here having fun and not scared of their own shadow. Reporter that was Marissa Perlman reporting. One neighborhood is being plagued by a cat. It has been caught in the act, taking what does not belong to him. One woman says that her cat cannot stop stealing from her neighbors. His name is jack. In his neighborhood, he goes by the name of kleptokitty. Over 4 years, he spent his mornings creeping into neighbors homes and yards , grabbing anything he can get his paws on. If your doors open or your window is open, or kitty doors, he is in and out before people know it. She would hand out her lingerie. I would get bras, panties, and ankle socks that are like nylon. You love those. Neighbors know to keep their gates and doors shut. Unlike most thieves, kleptokitty does return the itri i think he needs therapy. He needs serious therapy. [ laughter ] at least he returns them. He just plays with it and returns it. Jack returns the socks. The weather is a headline story. It will be over the next seven days. We are setting records today. San jose hit 103. That breaks the record that was set back in 2019. Some records are fairly recent. Livermore is at 106. It does tie the record highs set in 1967. We did snap records everywhere. San francisco has a new record of 95. Concord is that 106. Right now, the skies are clear. There is ace the air day with highpressure trapping pollutants near the surface. Concord is at 106. Oakland is and 96. Livermore is at 106. Santa rosa is at 103. High temperatures are well above average for this time of the appear concord should be around 87 degrees. San jose should be near 82. Santa rosa should be near 83. The numbers are more than 20 degrees above average. It will be hot again tomorrow. Concord will be a 104 and hayward will be at 89. Livermore will be at 101. On saturday, it will be a warm weekend. We have highpressure over the desert southwest. As result, the pressure is on. The temperatures will stay hot. Future cast does show high clouds with a few drifting over in the afternoon. The humidity is amped up in the upper atmosphere. This is not really he and heat, suddenly does feel like the gulf of mexico. As result, we will have warm temperatures to talk about for quite a while. It will be a hot august night. We have lows in the 60s and 70s. The weekend will be warm. Temperatures today hit 100 degrees inland. Beaches will be sunny in your 75 degrees. There is no break in anyway. Highs will be between 95 to 104 degrees. Overnight, it will get down to the midsixties. Napa is wile downto 70 degrees for the low. High temperatures tomorrow are smoking hot. Morgan hill is at 101. Campbell will be a 95. Sunnyvale will be a 92. In the east bay, it will be above 100 in concord and pleasant hill. In walnut creek, it is 101 degrees. San ramon is at 100 degrees. Northbay will be warm as well, is not as warm today. We have mid 90s tomorrow. Is 90 in san rafael. In napa it is 91 degrees. It is still smoking hot in cloverdale. Will go with more heat over the next few days. The numbers will be near 100 degrees inland. That will go all the way to wednesday. That is how long the heat warnings are posted. That is very weird for the bay area. Normally the clouds will come to the rescue. New at 6 00, how you can sanitize your n95 masks with a common up alliance found in your kitchen . The divide in Distance Learning goes beyond technology. New numbers on students attendance that suggest a bigger issue. Why hi weve always put safety first. And we always will. For people. For the future. And there has never been a summer when its mattered more. Wherever you go, summer safely. Get 0 apr financing for up to five years on select models and exclusive lease offers. This week, students rising both scholars commit to social justice, inspiring one to help her community. She is using art as a way to remember others who have lost their lives to violence. Kathys mural tribute to Breonna Taylor keeps watch over this stretch of oaklands downtown. People get to see her face. They get to see her name. Hopefully they will be inspired to do some research and look up her story and who she is. Reporter this story has touched this young artist at her core. Is ive grown up seeing violence. It is normalized in school. It is not safe for a girl to walk down the street, much less a woman of colored walked down the street. Reporter it was not her own safety that inspired the mural. Instead, it was another heartbreaking loss. It was the explosive aftermath that moved kathy to say and paint her likeness and name. They were shouting george floyd a lot. That is very valid. I did notice that whenever we tried to shout out Breonna Taylor, things died off quickly. We did not see the same amount of attention brought to her story as other people. Reporter kathy set out to change that. The 18yearold came down to 12 and franklin and spent the afternoon, among other street artist painting tributes to lives lost. I never expected i would have one full board to myself. It is cool to say that is a mural i painted. Reporter she is using her art as a way to heal and help her community. She is painting customdesigned earrings, selling each pair for around 40 on social media. She is donating the profits to black social justice causes. It is her portraits that she is most proud of. Today, her mom and dad are seeing Breonna Taylors mural for the first time. They are proud as well. She is doing a good job. Reporter as she goes off to college back east and out of the bay area, she leaves behind a unique mark, while carrying with her, a memory of a special young woman. It makes people wonder who it is. You can see it freely in the open. Is sparks curiosity. The curiosity can lead to more interest in social justice, and other peoples stories. To learn more about students rising above and its scholars go to kpix5. Com. That is it for the news 5 00 , kpix 5 news at 6 00 begins right now. Crimes are spiking in oakland, especially violent crimes. Now, a city councilmember says that the Funding Police is not the solution. A bizarre crash including three cars. The police find the body of a young woman. There is no driver or witnesses to answer on it is superhot. Down in the bay area, we are breaking records. White cooling off of the Community Pool is not as easy as it used to be . Good evening, this is day two of the heat wave in the bay areas biggest cities breaking records. Inland, temperatures are at 106 and 110 in fairfield. We begin with breaking news, state power officials issued a stage to power emergency. That is due to excessive heat. That is driving up the demand for electricity, putting a strain on the grid. The California Independent system operator is running out of resources. If conditions worsen, that would lead to a stage iii emergency, aunt possible rolling blackouts. We have more breaking news coming out of the south bay. Highway 17 is closed. Earlier, car fire triggered a vegetation fire that is burning up a hillside. There is a big traffic backup for sure. We have a live look at dolores park in San Francisco, where temperatures are in the upper 80s. That is a bit unusual. San francisco was in the 80s. You probably got a bit warmer