0 contained five another day of dangerous heat is on tap. Of flex alert is in effect. We are asked to conserve energy today and tomorrow. Mary has another check of the forecast in a couple of minutes. Back to fire watch, or keeping an eye on a wildfire burning in Santa Cruz County that has doubled in size. It broke out north of davenport and flames have gone through 120 acres and it is 20 contained. The river fire continues to burn in the hills of south of salina, at least six structures have been destroyed and 1500 others are being threatened. We are lucky that we have kept all the houses right here. My brother is across the canyon and it came through that brush yesterday. I have never seen anything like that. Cal fire says that area is not safe for people to come back to but they hope to have a timeline for returning in the next few hours. We have learned that hundreds of San Francisco School Bus Drivers are about to lose their jobs. Some after decades behind the wheel. The president of the smart union local 1741 confirmed to us all 249 School Bus Drivers for sfusd are being laid off. Many drivers are wrought with emotion. We are crying, of course. I am short of crying right now. I do not know what to do. To be told you will lose your healthcare and be unemployed in the middle of a pandemic, i think it is a moral. Sharon chappil says despite budget cuts, other School Districts are still paying their drivers however sfusd, which contracts out his bus services to a Company Called first student, has decided not to go that route. In a statement, the San Francisco Unified School District said quote the district pays for students approximately 30 million annually to bus approximately 3500 sfusd students. They continue to face budget shortfalls and cannot afford to continue paying for nonservice. We must prioritize our students, families, and staff. They say the layoffs are intact but it will Cover Health Insurance for laidoff drivers through the end of september. Looking live at city hall in San Francisco, where mayor london breed announced a new health order allowing some in person activities for children. It names the city operated Community Learning hubs can launch providing care for as many as 6000 disadvantaged students. And to stay uptodate on all the changes leading up to the school year, check out the special section on our website, kpix. Com backtoschool. Some classrooms in Sacramento County are reopening with students. It was the first day back at jackson elementary, one of five reopen for in Person Instruction in the rescue School District in sacramento. They need the routine. We need this. The connections, the kids are ready for this. The school will be operating under a combo of in class and virtual instruction with students divided into morning and afternoon groups. Now to southern county, where thousands of households have their lights back on this morning after spending yesterday without power. They made it difficult for those adjusting to distance learning. We had workstations set up, so that went out the window. They went missing one day. We are playing catchup. Things will be more complicated. Pg e says that outage was caused by lightning, hitting transmission lines. Lets get a check on the weather right now and see what is on tap for today with mary. Good morning. Good morning, michelle. Many are wondering when will this heat wave and and were looking at temperatures a little bit cooler by the end of the week. We have that to look forward to. Here is a look with our san jose camera and right now in san jose, we have clear skies and checking in on the warm side. It is 70 degrees in san jose, 72 in concord, livermore at 74 and 61 in San Francisco and 63 for santa rosa. We have another day of record breaking highs for some locations especially santa rosa and livermore and ford concord as we go through the day and because of this extreme heat, they remain in effect for the bay area and that is all the way until 9 00 tomorrow. This persistent, dangerous heat does continue for us. Because of this heat, the santa rosa centers will be open, so Salvation Army Senior Center and Rincon Valley library will be open from 11 00 to 7 00, so some people can get some relief from the heat. You will need to wear your mask and social distance as well. This is the reason why we are still dealing with these hot temperatures, because of this strong ridge of High Pressure over the desert southwest. That is why inland, the heat continues. As we look ahead to the end of the week, we will catch some relief. We will be down to normal for this time of year. We are looking at that High Pressure moving away and this low pressure system over the gulf of nebraska moving into the Pacific Northwest. It will usher in a bit more of that stronger onshore flow. It is not quite as hot later this week. We will check the daytime highs out. Mid 90s in san jose, santa clara, campbell and cupertino, triple digits for morgan hill and for the east bay, 104 for concord and Pleasant Hill, 100 in dublin, 102 in livermore. And then around the bay low to mid 80s. 86 in clinton for the north bay, mid to upper 90s to the triple digits. Ones or two in santa rosa and 100 for petaluma, napa, and novato. It is 105 for st. Helena and windsor. We have another hot day tomorrow and then we are cooling down as we look to thursday. You could still warm to hot conditions on thursday but not quite as hot as we look ahead to thursday through the rest of the work week into the weekend. That is a look at weather. Lets check the traffic. Taking a look at the roadways, our busiest spot is into the allatoona pass. We have a line of red forming on our sensors, means we are seeing a lot of brake lights. It is getting busy, we are typically taking 580 if you are a supercomputer. It is getting slower. Around 11th street out of tracy just beyond grant line, speeds are dipping down to 17 miles an hour. We are seeing some yellow popping up on our travel times 33minute drive time from 205 to 680, right where the 205 580 connector meets. 80 is clear and 101 is still in the green. We typically do not see those delays until later. We are getting a checkup around 680. Apparently, there was some metal debris scattered near washington. Several vehicles ran over it. You have three or four cars stuck on the side of the roadway. Toe crews are on scene but it is causing a bit of a backup in that area. Traffic is slow north of there. There is construction as well. Im getting reports of an accident on the southbound side of the 0 annortof where this trouble spot is. One vehicle crashed. It is over to the right shoulder, so plan for those closures. It is a little sluggish. You can use 880 as an alternate. We had a broken down vehicle around highway 101 at third into San Francisco. That has been cleared out. Youre right along the peninsula is looking pretty good. Coming up next, streaming on cbsn bay area, the reallife drama faced by one of daytime tv speakers stars why she is opening up about her traumatic past. Lets take another look outside, this time at the beautiful golden gate bridge. It is lit up with that international orange. Coming up, everything you missed on night one of the unconventional Democratic National convention, its game day live, here at bill and julies house. A fanfavorite venue, ever since they got gigspeed internet. Hey, amy . Wanna grab a seat . Were live. Its game on, with gigspeed internet fthpeedupa g. Learn more, or get started with xfinity internet for 24. 99 a month for 12 months. Plus, switch to Xfinity Mobile and for a limited time get 400 off an eligible Samsung Galaxy 5g phone. Click, call or visit a store today. It is 5 24 on this Tuesday Morning and we are looking at that extreme heat continuing with excessive heat warnings that remain in effect due to this dangerous and persistent heat. Inland, mid to upper 90s to triple digits, around the bay, low to mid 80s and along the coast, low to mid 70s. I will let you know when we will cool things down in the e is f the market. At the la home was used in the first season of the 80s the show starring betty white and the arthur. It was listed for just under 3 million and sold for 4 million but no word yet on who bought it. One of daytime tvs biggest ours is opening up about her life in a new memoir. She says her rise to stardom was anything but easy. She has been a mainstay on the young and the restless for more than four decades. The actress is recounting traumas that she has never publicly revealed, such as abuse, suffered at the hands of her grandmother, and otories al it was emotionally difficult, but if i had not revealed all these things, whos going to think they need to know i have been there. I have gone through a lot of horrible things and i came through it. They had had a long career and has worked with Clint Eastwood and alfred hitchcock. She hopes fans will get from her memoir a better understanding of the real woman behind mickey newman. You can watch the young and the restless everyday at 11 00 right here on kpix 5, followed by the news at noon. We are always here, the young and the restless in our years. It is 5 26. Streaming on cbsn bay area. Salons are banding together in defiance to fight back against the shutdown. Ladies. Check it out. So strong. So. Not ripped. Whatre we talkin about. Thats the hefty ultra strong bag hefty hefty hefty whispers gimme. confused give me the bag . Get hefty ultra strong at a low price only invisalign treatment uses smarttrack technology. It moves teeth more comfortably and predictably than ordinary aligners. So i can create custom treatment plans for every smile. Live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning. Right now, on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area , flames ripping through parts of napa county overnight. We are live with the mandatory evacuations in effect right now. The extreme heat continues in the bay area. We are tracking the high temperatures and when we will finally see some relief. The Democratic National convention is underway. The moment going viral this morning plus what is on tap for day two. Good morning, it is tuesday, august 18th. u we are glad to have you wi us. Lets talk the forecast with mary lee. I think we got peoples attention with the word relief. It is common. Were looking at temperatures cooling down a bit through the end of the week and in the meantime, we are still in it with those hot temperatures for sure. Excessive heat warnings are continuing today and for tomorrow due to this persistent and dangerous heat. Out what will it get . Where you live, looking at temperatures that will be around 12 to 17 degrees above average for this time of year. 80 in San Francisco, 86 in oakland, mid 90s in san jose and 104 in concord. Still looking at those hot temperatures today and cooling down a little bit as we look to the end of the week. I want to give you an update on the hennessey fire. Firefighters are dealing with warming conditions and humidity at 53 and winds at the north at two miles an hour. There are light conditions, kfully, asrefighte e marsh fire is inmid 80s, humity dezoneretemperature there is light conditions as well. Lets go live to our reporter. This is the hennessey fire that we are keeping an eye on. We are seeing them getting turned away by a chp officer that is stationed at the stage canyon road and silverado trail intersection. This is as far as the public can go. It has cooled off overnight. Winds are calm and gives firefighters a chance to gain some ground. They will need all the help they can get. The hennessey fire had grown to 2400 acres and containment is at 0 . 205 structures are threatened and mandatory evacuations are in place. The flames were still very active with intense burning late into the night. This was the scene along lower chillys italian road and stage canyon road. By sunday, it exploded to well over 2000 acres and by nightfall, crews were still battling the flames as it came down and close on the historic winery here. Some employees and stayed behind to help the firefighters. We are working in close conjunction with them. We have our property here, so we have to prepare it so it can come in and out. Right now you can see we are putting up the gate, so that they have access through the property to get to the water system. When he gets to a certain stage, but right now, we are just trying to assist all we can. There are five structures out of the winery property that are focused on saving right now. It has been a long night for the crews. They will try to douse the embers. To give you a sense of how sparse they are, they said that they had 60 spot fires. There is a lot of activity. We have more fires burning in the bay area. We have been watching very large fires. It is not that large but it is impacting a lot of people. This is in novato county along jones pharr road. 4000 people are under evacuations orders. It is 0 contained and this has been burning for more than 24 hours right now, which started at the same time that a lot of these fires date, when we had the Lightning Storm moving through at this time yesterday. This is near the yuba river drainage northwest of nevada city and those mandatory evacuations went into effect yesterday morning, so these people have been out of her house for more than a day and no telling what they might be able to get back. Were talking about 4000 people, so they have several Evacuation Centers set up in that area. You will keep an eye on that firefight throughout the day as cal fire gives us updates on what they are dealing with. Back to you. Another fire is burning around california. The potter fire has burned 1000 acres and is still at 0 containment. Water drops are being made by helicopters to try to contain the fire and in ventura county, this fire spread rapidly to around 1100 acres and evacuation warnings are now in place. A number of structures are threatened. It is day two of the Democratic National convention. It is taking place virtually this year in wisconsin. There are no live speeches or cheering delegates. It is highly produced for tv and your computer screen. Eva longoria served as emcee for day one. The event also included several speakers who took aim at President Donald Trump. Nero fiddled while rome burned. Trump golfs. His actions fans this pandemic. The speeches were broken up by musical performances and guest interviews and highlighting the democrats policy priorities and George Floyds brothers let a moment of victims of Police Violence and it ended with Michelle Obama blasting her husbands successor. Donald trump is the wrong person for our country. He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job but he is clearly in over his head. Not they had support across the political spectrum. Four republicans including former Ohio Governor an20 tial caidate jo kasi arlending their support joe biden. The democrats will conduct the official roll call of the state delegations. The headliners are former president bill clinton, and bidens wife, former second lady doctor jill biden. Cbs news will have coverage at 7 00 followed by cbs monday prime time shows that have a special addiction of kpix 5 news at 10 00 and 11 00. Stay with us all week long for the latest on the Dnc Convention for mark coverage. You can find more at kpix. Com. We are going to win this state and take back the white house. In minnesota, President Donald Trump rallied his supporters as he predicted victory in the state. He touted his record of helping the Mining Industry in the iron range and climbing joe biden was shut down the range if he won. To help their Convention Next week and most of the major speeches and events are scheduled to be at federal properties in the washington dc area. Santa clara county is cracking down on businesses that violate the Coronavirus Health order. Officials handed out notices to three different shops last week and it is basically a warning notifying them about potential fines and giving them a grace period to make changes. Some salons across the state to fight for Health Orders and open for Indoor Services from San Francisco to los angeles. Some barbers and stylists are protesting the lockdowns, saying they cannot stay closed any longer and Outdoor Services are not cutting it. We have started something that Small Businesses need a chance to save everything you put into. It is a good feeling because up until this point, we were just drowning and nobody was there to save us. Looking live at san jose, where the deadline for Small Businesses to get their applications in for Grant Program is midnight. The city is offering 145,000 for restart of needs after the pandemic. Lets go live to diane king hall, who joins us from the cbs Broadcast Center for the money watch report. Reporter American Airlines is pushing back against a canceled flight lawsuit. They have asked the judge to toss out a suit seeking refunds for canceled flights. The airline says the people looking for reimbursement canceled their own flights, which were scheduled between march and may, when martin orders were put across the country. The plaintiffs are accusing the airline of breaking Consumer Protection rules by only offering credit instead. The bankruptcy of a major pizza franchisee is likely to lead to 300 restaurants being closed. They filed for chapter 11 protection last month. It reached a deal with pizza huts owner yum brand that called for it to close a quarter of its locations and sell the rest. On the flipside, hiring spree at dominoes. The largest pizza chain wants to build more than 20,000 rolls from delivery jobs by Customer Service jobs and managers. They are surpassing expectations. They already have a lot of zeros but i hear elon musks even higher. The tesla and spacex founder had his net worth surges 7. 8 ares on in the span of a few rallied 11 and clothes at a record high. That gives an 85 billion assets, one of the top five richest person. We can only dream, diane. . Can i borrow a little bit, elon musk . Just a little bit. Hook us up. We will see you later. Have a good one. I need to speak to a distant relative. The time is 5 40. Streaming on cbsn, bay area, a possible solution to safer dining. Why this domes will soon have to be taken down. Here is a look at our south its time for the biggest sale of the year on the sleep numb. Exactly. No problem. And doe itp ring 360ermavert. W, all beds are mi0 lid editio. Only for a limited time. Reinventing. Its what with comcast business, your Small Business can work faster, with powerful internet from the nations largest gigspeed network. Work safer, with all your connected devices automatically protected by securityedge. And work anywhere, with comcast business at home, our new businessgrade Internet Solution for remote workers. Whatever your business needs, comcast business has the solutions to help you not just bounce back, but bounce forward. Call or go online to find out more. The air quality for today, the forecast is moderate. I will talk about the full forecast and the heat, when we will see a cool down, coming up. We are learning about a dangerously close call in Sonoma County during the powerful weekend storm. Some trees toppled over, narrowly missing a few residents. Jason major was in his room when this oak tree lost one of its limbs. Thankfully, he and his mom got out quickly. The tree fell from the bathroom. Pg e says the one time there were 15,000 customers without power but by yesterday afternoon, all but 600 hat their power restored. Today, House Speaker nancy pelosi will hold a Virtual Event outside a post office in San Franciscos bayview district. She is leading the event ahead of the early return into session this week to vote against the trump administrations proposed changes to the Postal Service. Someone will host a similar event this morning at 10 00 in palo alto at the post office on hamilton avenue and she will be joined by constituents who will speak out on changes to the Postal Service and their potential impacts on prescription delivery, Social Security benefits, and absentee ballots. In dublin, Eric Swalwell will hold another event addressing Voting Rights and that event will be at the post office on village parkway. Congresswoman barbara lee will hold an emergency town hall this afternoon along with panelist like Voting Rights advocates to discuss the usps and voting in alameda county. According to tsa reports, demand is picking up. They had a busy weekend streaming more than 680,000 passengers on saturday and more than 816,000 sunday. It marks the second sunday in a row that the number topped 800,000 since the start of the pandemic. The numbers show an uptick and they are significantly down about 7 compared to 2019. An update on a San Francisco restaurant that got attention for how it tried to make dining safer. The Health Department has ordered it to take down its igloo light doans. They spent 4000 on three domes to encourage customers to eat their during the pandemic but the Health Department says the domes may not allow for adequate airflow because the structures are enclosed. The owner also reported anr checon the weatand if hose s anotr hot day on store with us. We do for sure. The heat wave continues but we are going to see some changes by the end of the week and a little bit of a cool down. I know a lot of you are wondering when will the heat wave be over. It is coming eventually. Here is the Treasure Island camera as we look at the bay bridge. It is another warm start. We are in the 60s and 70s, 72 in concord, oakland is 66, livermore is 74, san jose at 60 degrees, and 63 for santa rosa. Youre looking at another day of record times and record breaking highs. Because of this extreme heat, excessive heat warnings continue for the bay area. This will be in place all the way until 9 00 tomorrow because of this persistent and dangerous heat. Now, santa rosa will be opening cooling centers today from 11 00 to 7 00 at the Senior Center around Salvation Army and the Rincon Valley library. You must wear your mask and social distance. It is great to go out and get some relief from the heat and a bit of a cool down, especially in santa rosa. Today, it is because of the strong ridge of High Pressure in place. The inland heat continues but as we look ahead to the end of the week, we will see that ridge move away from us and this low pressure system over the gulf of alaska begins to move a little farther south, affecting the Pacific Northwest and it will her in th strongocean breeze. It is we are looking at the mid90s for santa clara, san jose, campbell and cupertino. Triple digit heat for morgan hill and fremont is 90 degrees, 93 for milpitas, and looking at triple digit heat from concord, Pleasant Hill at 104, dublin topping out at 100 degrees for the trivalley. Around the bay, in the low to mid 80s. 80 in San Francisco, 86 in oakland and for the north bay, mid to upper 90s to triple digit heat. 102 in santa rosa, 100 for napa and then 105 in windsor and 101 for ukiah. Heres the extended forecast of what you can expect. Another hot day tomorrow and then temperatures will be cooler but still looking at warm to hot conditions, not quite as hot and that will be r lets check in with traffic for this Tuesday Morning commute. If you are at home getting ready to hit the roadways or r some roadwork and southbound 680 is dealing with an injury accident causing some brake lights and delays. Northbound 680 has slow conditions do trend earlier crash. It has been cleared near washington but they are hoping to have things wrapped up by 6 00. Traffic is backing up around the parkway. And around 680, we have a crash to the right shoulder and no lanes are blocked but it is causing a lot of brake lights as you go through there. It is pretty busy as well here. The drive along 580, if you were commuting out of tracy, it is typical for mount house two 580 and extending towards that area near north finland. The good news is there is no crashes. Your drive times is 36 minutes from 205 towards 680. Highway four is still in the green and there are no delays on 101 and the peninsula. Westbound 80 is clear from highway 4 to the maze. I want to let you know of a closure due to the hennessey fire. Chp is reporting all lanes are shut down. 128 between silverado trail and 121 and napa county due to the hennessey fire has road closures including polk valley road and state canyon road. We will keep you updated. That is look at traffic. Back to you. Swapping out scrubs for a streaming on cbsn, like cordless phones. phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced phones. Get details on this state program. Visit right now or call during business hours. Dearand with summer here,these energy bills are rising. Together, we can save energy and money. By taking steps to stay cool while using less. Keep safe and keep it golden. 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. It is 5 54 on this Tuesday Morning. Excessive heat warnings are continuing for the bay area due to this persistent and dangerous heat. Do what you can to stay safe and cool. This warning continues until wednesday, 9 00. We will let you know what you can expect for your a store giving back to those on the front lines during the pandemic. They are getting medical workers free wedding dresses. They came from one bride. The owner decided to give medical workers a heroes gift with help from designers, giving away wedding dresses that cost between 1000 and 4000. Prize had to go to an application process to be considered. 600 of allied and just 75 for chosen. We have to be giving them the utmost support and appreciation because they are putting themselves out there. They are the real heroes. The appreciation shows how we are Better Together and now these frontline heroes have one less thing to worry about, their wedding plans, saving a bunch of money. Remember, we want to bring you the good news happening in the bay area. Just go to kpix. Com together to find stories of hottreogether. On kpix and streaming on cbsn bay area, we learn how bus drivers are bracing for layoffs. Why one district says their students had to come first. Plenty of flames and drama in the napa valley. I have a live update on the hennessey fire after the break. Live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning. Right now, on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, here we go again, wildfires forcing evacuations throughout the bay area. We are live near the fire lines in napa. It is not cooling down yet. We will look at the record breaking temperatures in store spots vero trust in pg e. Why the mayor of san jose is accusing californias biggest utility of lying to its customers. It is tuesday, august 18th