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We have seen it all this weekend. Wind, rain, lightning and listing heat. The heat is still causing a strain on the power grid. Fortunately the operator said there will not be a need for rolling blackouts tonight. As you can see, there are Power Outages in some areas. The orange dots represent outages of 500 or more pg e customers. The lightning and because of the heats been extended until tomorrow morning. Greg ligands will have the latest on those fires that started around those today. First, bill martin for the current conditions. We do have a chance of a thunderstorm. The red flag warning has been extended into the evening hours for possible Lightning Strikes. This was, i will not say unprecedented, but i havent seen a lightning hit like this. Not the number but the aerial distribution. For km, Lightning Strikes and then look at this. Hundreds of strikes. They ended up covering the entire bay area. Very unusual. This went on for five hours. We do see the storms, we even saw some at noon. Backing up, that was the story. Heavy lightning and heavy rain in some places. The excessive heat warning was in effect and is in effect through tomorrow and wednesday. What we will see is this heat advisory. What we have seen has been extended into tomorrow. The advisory and yellow. Thunderstorms are a possibility. Closer to the morning hours. A big heat advisory stays in effect through the middle of the week. We will see you back with the specifics a little bit. The extreme weather causes several outages and more are expected in the coming days. Azenith smith is here with more. There was enough pg e may have to cut power this week. We pretty much lost all of our business for the weekend. For mexia salvaging food items at her restaurant. The business lost power right before dinner. The restaurant is already struggling because of restrictions. She expects a triple digit heat is to blame. And there are the outages that you see as a result of extreme heat which sometimes causes pieces of equipment to fail. Tens of thousands of customers didnt have power sunday due to the weather. Not to mention, for the First Time Since 2001, the electricity grid operator has ordered rotating outages went demand appeases supply. It showed sundays peak usage at 43,000 megawatts. Mondays forecasted peak will be higher. We recommend all customers to make preparations for possible outages. Charging devices when there is power. They are issuing a flex alert, calling on everyone to conserve energy until wednesday from 3 00 until 10 00. If it is necessary, absolutely. It is a sunday. Work isnt happening today. Tomorrow and the next day, it would be more annoying. The owner is considering closing business for a few days. It is already a big impact. The heat is crazy. They are notifying 10 minutes before a rolling blackout is to occur, making it difficult to notify customers. A blackout will last no more than two hours and will not happen overnight. Pg e will try not to impact the same customers. Pg e is asking people to conserve during the heat wave by doing several things. One by adjusting your thermostat to 78 or higher or turn it off if you will be away from home. Use the fan instead of air conditioning when possible. Also, pull your drapes and turn off unnecessary lighting. Put off things like vacuuming, launter 6 00 pm. If you have a pool, sent the pump to run overnight instead of during the day. Struck irregulars issued the advisory will be in place through tomorrow. The agency said airquality conditions are expected to be moderate or good. The fires burnors closed until smoke level subside. Officials also recommend that those that are impacted that their air conditioning units and ventilation systems to recirculate to prevent outside air from moving inside. The hot and dry conditions led to red flag warnings that were extended until tomorrow. In Contra Costa County there are mandatory evacuations underway. Officials say the deer zone fires are burning near homes. So far they burned 400 acres with no containment. There is another fire burning, the march firebird 850 acres with no containment. Greg ligands is here with the latest on evacuations. Those are significant fires. Right now i want to give you details on the evacuation order. It does affect residence along marsh creek. That is in the brentwood area. It is associated with the zone fire which is on the southwest side of brentwood near mount diablo. The march fire which is a cluster of three fires, south that has burned about 850 acres. We have to get the cattle out of here. Concern over rescuing cattle have these men scrambling. The marsh fire, now burning near the Regional Park is one of several that may have been sparked this morning by mother nature. We had dry lightning hitting the ground which may have started the fires. Reporter a beekeeper that praises firefighters for helping save all of his highs said the fire started at around 4 00 amsc witnessed what the storms brought in. The lightning was like a machine gun. All over the place. Reporter a coalition of local firefighters were seen coordinating efforts to fight the flames from both the air and ground. The hot and dry cothat began hitting Northern California before sunrise. Starting this morning and multiple hours after. A considerable amount of lightning. Reporter southwest, deer zone fire also believed to be sparked by lightning. Residents have been told to standby for potential evacuation as a cluster of fires grows and the threat of more weather related fires looms. They are predicting there is a chance it will continue. Time will tell what it will bring over the next 24 hours. They do have extra personnel on call in case any additional fires break out. As for the fires we just mentioned, the good news is, no reports of any injuries or damage to property. Mandatory evacuations are in effect for residents living near a wildfire in monterey county. Officials say it has burned 2000 acres and is only 10 contained. It was also sparked by dry lightning. At least five structures have been damaged. Another 30 have been threatened. For firefighters suffered injuries while fighting the fire. Not to Los Angeles County where the lake fire has grown to more than 18,000 acres. That fire started wednesday about five miles north of magic mountain. Cal fire said the lake fire destroyed 21 buildings. Officials cant say how many of those were homes. You can download the weather apt to stay up to date. You can find hour by hour temperature updates and send us your weather photos. Two epidemics killing people in San Francisco. The increase in fentanyl overdoses and why some blame the pandemic. The Democratic National Convention Begins tomorrow. At 10 30 pm, we take a look at what we can expect and the familiar faces expected to speak. Up first, the Investigation Underway after a worker at safeway was shot and killed in the parking lot. Police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened at a safeway parking lot today. It happened shortly after noon at safeway on american canyon. They identified the victim as gabriel. It is not clear what led to the shooting. So far they have not been caught. The Napa County Sheriffs Department and the Police Department are investigating. Another destructive epidemic is ravaging the bay area. The Opioid Crisis continues to spiral out of control. The tenderloin neighborhood is at the epicenter. Ktvu Investigative Reporter kevin looked into how covid 19 may be contributing to the highest number of fatal overdoses that San Francisco has ever seen. Reporter on the streets of San Franciscos tenderloin, many people are in desperate situations. Homelessness, Mental Illness and countless caught in the clutches of addiction. Opiates and other drugs have long been a problem but the recent introduction of fentanyl changed everything. It seems like it is getting really popular. Even people like hard drunks. Reporter fentanyl is 40 times stronger than heroin and a stone cold killer. I overdosed six times in one year. Reporter last year Overdose Deaths more than doubled, hitting almost 350. The medical examiner has to finalize hundreds of autopsies. Last year we saw huge increase in Overdose Deaths. This year were on pace for a large increase. Ell is an epidemiologist that has beenthr decades. He has been a longtime advocate for safe consumption sites. It is to make sure people are not using. It is being exacerbated by the shelter in place ordinance. Reporter people working with users every day are seeing the same trend. We are seeing a massive increase in fatal overdoses. Is help out narcan. We have seen an uptick in fatal overdoses. That is often caused by people using alone and no one available to reverse the overdose. You cannot use the drug alone. You have to have somebody there. If you go out, you are finished. Reporter on the edge of the tenderloin, we found a community of people using fentanyl together. To make sure someone is around to administer narcan. I overdosed. Reporter narcan saves thousands of lives per year. Carmen sierra was brought back from the brink of death three times. She carries it with her and said she saved dozens of others. So many of my friends have no access. It makes their use 100 times more dangerous. Reporter San Francisco police carry it as well. They have reversed more overdoses than any previous year. Police have reversed almost 100 overdoses in just the tenderloin neighborhood so far this year. The shelter in place order has also disrupted the supply chain. Users are going to different dealers that may have more powerful drugs. Others who are clean may be using again because of the stress. People are coming to the area because they know they can get it here. Reporter Daniel Comeau is special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement administration. He said the drugs had a long journey to get here. They are mostly made in china and mexico. They are super labs and from there, get across the border, spread out throughout the United States and they prey on those with addictions. Reporter back on willow alley, the epidemic continues to rage and will long outlast coronavirus. Once you lose control of this chaos. Reporter in San Francisco, ktvu also in San Francisco, a Record Number of Police Officers are leaving the force. The chronicle reports that in the First Six Months of the year, 23 officers resigned. Most took jobs in other Police Departments in california and outside the state. By comparison, 26 officers resigned in all of last year. Only 1000 left in 2018. The president of the police union said the one reason officers are leaving is they are upset about money being pulled from the department. Instead it budgeted for social causes. Officers also say the high cost of living in the bay area is another factor. In san jose, the city council will consider the mayors plan to have the independent Police Auditor investigate alleged police misconduct. Currently any reports of misconduct are handled internally. In june, the mayor outlined in nine point plan to reform the san jose Police Department. The plan also includes an audit of the 449 million budget. Expanding the role to include the ability of oversight for the police chief and city manager. The first day of school has now been canceled for students near the loyalton fire. That fire has burned at least 22,000 acres and forced the closure of highway 395 in sierra county. The National Weather service issued a rare warning for a fire tornado and said the wind conditions could cause more. Bill martin joins us once again. How hot to get today . We had plenty of records out there. For numerous days in a row, more records yesterday and more today. 106 degrees today in livermore. Santa rosa was 103. Think about this. Santa cruz, 107. That is stunning to get that high of a temperature at the ocean. Napa 104. Factor in the humidity, today was really high, it felt a co o Something Like that. Salinas, 98 san jose, 100. King city 107. Tomorrow will be a little warmer than today or hotter than today, especially inland. Along the coast, you will see a bit of a seabreeze. We are not seeing it here but we will see a little bit of cooling coming in. That will keep the coastal areas doing a bit better. What we are looking for here is any more thunderstorms. There is a chance for a few more tonight as more moist air a lot less than last night. You might see a stray thunderstorm but it shouldnt be like last night. Tomorrow back into the excessive heat warning and a heat advisory for the bay area. The warning is in the Central Valley and the advisory. President trump adds a new doctor to the Coronavirus Task force. Will will tell you about his ties to the bay area. Is called a medical miracle. Joe fonzi will tell us about a chapter in the alex smith come back. Members of the use latest numbers. There are 624,000 cases in caliph on your. In the bay area, there are 72,000 cases and 970 people have died. The chronicle is reporting that for the First Time Since august 4, hospitalizations rose above 700. There are 708 coronavirus patients hospitalized in the bay area. All classes will be held remotely and all School Buildings will be closed. Officials say they established a way to communicate with families and let them know when they are allowed to reopen classrooms. Check our website. And has the survival guide. There are helpful tools to help with distance learning, along with educational videos to supplement online classes. The church Held Services this morning and defiant of a court order. The pastor at Grace Community church made good on his pledge to defy the order and held the Schedule Service this morning. The Appeals Court ruled the church could hold indoor services. Members say they support the decision. Whomever believes in the lord jesus shall be saved. Praise god. We are ready to worship. Health orders allow churches to only hold services outdoors. People also have to wear a mask and keep a safe distance. No word on whether the city plans to cite Grace Community church at this time. President trump the doctor that has ties to the bay area for the task force. Dr. Scott atlas has now joined the white house as a pandemic advisor. He is the former chief of neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center and a fellow at the hoover institution. He has no expertise in Public Health or infectious diseases. Dr. Atlas regarding ongoing tensions between the president and dr. Fauci. Coming up, the de conventio tomorrow. After the break, a look at the upcoming virtual conventions. How experts say the scaledback plans will affect the election. President trump asking a pastor in california to deliver the servant for his brother that died last night. People in beirut continue to pick up the pieces after that massive explosion. Why some are concerned that relief money will not go where it is needed the most. Want restaurants to open . And schools . Want the economy to get back on track . Youre not alone. And you can help make it happen. Stay 6 feet apart. Wash your hands. Wear a mask every time you leave your home. Choose to join the fight against covid19. Do your part. Slow the spread. The Democratic National Convention Gets Underway tomorrow. It will be nights of programming with a number of speakers. All delivering speeches remotely. Including michelle and barack obama, hillary and bill clinton and nancy pelosi. Will culminate with Kamala Harris on wednesday and joe bidens acceptance speech on thursday. The rnc is also changing their plan. Greg lee has a preview of the up coming conventions and what we can expect in the age of coronavirus. Reporter over the next two weeks, democrats and republicans will nominate their candidates for president and vice president. Covid19 created unique situations, both parties want to capture the a very different from this Years National convention. Because of coronavirus, delegates will tradein fanfare for zoom calls. The dnc going nearly completely virtual. We will physically not be together but we will be more engaged because we have Live Streaming sessions. Much of the convention will be on television. Reporter barbara lee is one of the cochairs leading the california delegation. She has attended all but one dnc since 1972. Instead of the normal breakfast meetings, delegation will have virtual coffee as they outline the vision for the country. We were able to incorporate much of the provisions. That is the most progressive form ive ever seen. Reporter a long list of democrats, including barack obama and Bernie Sanders will deliver speeches during a televised event each night until joe biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris will formally accept their nominations from delaware. He has been the robin to obamas batman. You have to introduce himself as his own person. The sears conventions will be weird. Both democrats and republicans will try to energize the orders in a nontraditional etting. Based off the Energy People absorptive media and television and stories. It will be a weird year. Reporter republicans are also scaling back the following week. North carolina will formally renominate President Trump including a committeewoman from california. Also all the excitement and pageantry that we get. Reporter the party has yet to release details on the rest of the convention. President trump said he would probably deliver his speech from the white house. Despite the setting, the president prefers there will be no shortage of enthusiasm. These people are at least half of them are members of the rnc. The rnc endorsed the president a long time ago. Reporter despite an unorthodox few weeks, both parties agree to conventions mark a Crucial Point in the countdown to the election. People are looking for the leader coming out of the election to really show the path forward for america. Mart enough to know what is at stake. The election as a matter of life and death. Reporter the president will travel to 3 potential swing states. Minnesota, wisconsin and arizona. Greg lee, ktvu, fox 2 news. Stay with ktvu for coverage of the Democratic National convention. Coverage begins every day at four clock pm. The main speakers will be shown on interrupted beginning at 7 00. We are planning similar coverage for the Republican Convention the following week. A new poll shows the Presumptive Democratic nominee for president , joe biden, is maintaining a wide lead over President Trump with about 2. 5 months left until the election, wall street journal nbc poll found that 50 of voters nationally said they would vote for biden if the election were held today. More enthusiasm wafrom trump supporters. Nancy pelosi is calling the house back into session this week because of the Postal Service crisis. She wants the house to vote on a bill prohibiting the u. S. Postal service from making changes ahead of the election. The representatives are expected to go back to capitol hill on saturday. The accusations that the new postmaster general is deliberately trying to slow service, head of the election. Reporter there demanding the postmaster general come up and testify this month. He was sworn in back in june. Before then, he was a well known businessman and majored donor. Also contributing heavily to the campaign. There are a number of changes, including efforts to cut back on overtime. Holding some deliveries a bit longer in an effort to save money. When it comes to be election, post office said it is ready. No going to impact the ability to process and deliver election and political mail. The changes sparked controversy. On saturday, demonstrators shut about side at the home to protest. Now the Inspector General is reviewing the recent changes. To slow down the mail at any time is disgraceful. To slow it down during covid is despicable and hurts peoples lives. It also hurts many of our postal workers. Reporter democrats set a deadline for the postmaster general to turn over documents related to the changes. The following week, they want them to testify in a Statement Released by the postmaster general and top Postal Service leadership must answer to the congress and American People as to why they are pushing these dangerous new policies that threaten to silence the voices of millions, just months before the election. Reporting in washington, mark meredith, foxnews. President trump said he is considering a pardon for edward snowden. He faces espionage charges if he returns to the country. He was a contractor with u. S. National security agency. He leaked information about u. S. Surveillance operations carried out by the nsa both in the u. S. And internationally. The president said there are a lot of people that think he is not being treated fairly. Russia gave him asylum and he has lived there since 2013. A pastor from sacramento deliver the Service Today for President Trumps brother, roger, who died last night. Samuel rodriguez deliver the service this morning for robert trump. The service was streamed online and watched by the first family from across the country. Rodriguez said he got a call from the white house last night. The service was not about politics but about humanity. He said both democrats and republicans were on stage, praying for someone who lost a loved one. It is beyond measure. I had a privilege of speaking at the inauguration. Because he lost his brother and for the white house to reach out to a church in sacramento, it is humbling. I have no words. The president visited his brother in new york city on friday after official said he became seriously ill. The cause of death has not been released. The president s brother was 71 years old. Been shot. Coming out, what led to the shooting and the latest on more heat is on the way as we go into the bay area week. Coming up, we could see more records. The country that has been forced to postpone elections, due to coronavirus. Three Police Officers were shot while responding to a call in a residential area near austin. The offices are in stable condition. After the shooting, the suspect barricaded himself inside of a home with three hostages. The interim police chief told reporters the ordeal started when a mother called police saying her son had kicked in the door and was acting aggressively. When officers responded, they were met with gunfire. Lebanon is reeling from the massive explosion at the port in beirut. Business owners say the government isnt doing enough to help. 4 a team of fbi investigators is in lebanon to assist with the investigation into the deadly blast this month. Securing them on lebanese soil is a top priority. The attack on the u. S. Marines eric in 1983 that left 241 that americans is still remembered. Despite resistance from top officials, including their president , International Teams will participate in search and recovery operations continue. Overnight, the president had an interview with a French Television station where he stressed the International Aid money should go where it is needed the most. There is growing concern that the money will end up in the hands of corrupt officials. The streets of beirut remain heavily damaged as they were to fill the void left by a lack of government action. One hotel owner spoke with foxnews and was so fed up with the government after power cuts and an action that he said he would be willing to do anything for change. There is a lot of anger inside of me. To be honest, i was lucky in my life to have education. I dont have much to lose now. If someone told me, if you blast yourself and get rid of the political class, would you do it k i would say definitely. Reporter pressure from the people continues for accountability and transparency. In beirut, foxnews. The new zealand upcoming election has been postponed. The Prime Minister said the National Elections will be postponed for three weeks. The decision comes after a coronavirus outbreak in auckland. The election was set for september 19 but will now be held on october 17. New zealand had gone 102 days without any new Coronavirus Infections before this outbreak. Coming up, an unusual sight. Lightning strikes all over. After the break, some of the problems that caused. We have been telling you about it. The heatwave. Bill martin is up next with when we can expect relief. 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. Mother nature put on quite a show overnight. Our cameras captured this in San Francisco. It was one of many Lightning Strikes all around the bay area overnight. Alyssa harrington spoke with people today that said they were surprised by the sudden shift in weather. Reporter it is the light show everyone is talking about. Hundreds of strikes lit up the bay area skies this morning. Leaving residents mesmerized by the rare sight. A flash of lightning in the dark of night was majestic and eyeopening. Reporter these are videos captured by ktvu viewers. This viewer said the sound of the rumbling thunder set off car alarms. Contra costa county fire tweeted this picture of a Lightning Strike at the tower in concord. The Fire Department tweeted these pictures. A Lightning Strike knocked a tree into an apartment. People we spoke with were surprised by the sudden change in weather after a grueling day of triple digit heat in many parts of the region. It was going in and out. It is crazy. It is august and like earthquake weather. Toward morning, it was lightning, thunder in close proximity. I knew i was in trouble. Reporter the National Weather service reminds people to head indoors if you see lightning and stay inside for 30 minutes after you hit the last thunder. I am alyssa harrington, ktvu, fox 2 news. It was something last night. You heard it and sought. No one was exempt. We do have an excessive heat warning that stays in effect in these areas and read through wednesday. It will be hot. Tomorrow, 108 inland. The yellow is the heat advisory. It was supposed to be dropped at 9 00 this evening. It will stick around through francisco, oakland and all the areas within the bay. 106 was the record at livermore. 100 in san jose. Tomorrow will be as hot if not hotter. We are looking for temperatures over the next couple of days starting to cool. What we are waiting on his fog. There is basically none to be found. These are high clouds that could produce a Lightning Strike or thunderstorm again. We will watch that closely. Nothing like what we saw last night. That was the sheer number. The size and aerial distribution of storms and the duration. Those things usually last two or three hours. It was almost double what we usually see. I am looking at the window trying to find onshore flow. We are seeing a little bit but not much. The wind really kicks in toward the end of the week. We will notice significant cooling. Until then, another hot one tomorrow. Probably hotter than today. The humidity sticks around. Is high clouds brought the thunderstorms are also bringing that incredibly moist humid air. The forecasted highs for tomorrow or current temperature is 89 in brentwood. Temperatures are slightly cooler tonight than last night. I expect that has to do with cloud cover. The plan for tomorrow, more of the same as the high keeps creeping in from the desert southwest. That is the mechanism for all of the heat. Tomorrow, starting with clouds, humid, sticky and muggy. Then we heat up, even though the clouds are in the area, we will find temperatures that are significant 108 in fairfield. 108 in brentwood. Around the bay, still hot. San leandro 90. 88 in berkeley. It remains hot. The five day forecast is coming up as soon as we go through the temperatures. The coast to slightly cooler but no fog to speak of. We are tracking the forecast tomorrow which is the warmest day then temperatures will trend down a bit. Still massive in the numbers. There is the five day forecast. When i see you back here at 11 00, we will update the forecast. So many people went to the National Seashore in marin county that the local gas station ran out of gas. The coast was definitely the place to escape the heat. Conditions made it less desirable today. That is in part due to the overnight storm. The National Park service issued an advisory of multiple Hazardous Conditions in the park, due to downed trees. Firefighters also battled two fires and spent much of the day cleaning up and checking for hotspots. A man that was surfing off of an australian beach managed to fight off a shark that was attacking his wife. She was surfing off the eastern coast of australia on saturday when a 10 foot great white shark clamped onto her calf. That is when her husband sprang into action, paddling to her side, jumping onto her surfboard and repeatedly punching the shark until the great white eventually let go. You dont think punch. Your body reacts. You start punching and thinking where to punch. Just attacked the i or whatever. You think differently. He said his wife is in the hospital and will be okay. It will be a long road to recovery. Coming up next, we hear from the as as they went for the series sweep against the giants. On the 11 00 news, a look at how coronavirus has impacted the homeless population. Why advocates are surprised about the number of Homeless People that have contracted the virus. Here is what is happening tonight in sports. The giants could lament taking big leaks to the night pending against the as in the series and then losing them. There was no such drama today. There may not be people in the stadium these days. Is at near capacity. You would never know it is a close game until the fifth. That is when the as started teeing off. That is a two run shot. It would no longer be a close game. Two more runs in and Derek Rodriguez on the mount, facing. This looks like a replay but only deeper. That is a three run homer and a 92 lead. Now it is marcus turned to put one in the same part of the park. Before the inning was over, the as scored 9c and 112 lead. They go on to win 503 to sweep the series. We dont have that feeling of down. Years. We never feel out of it. We trust and have this feeling that someone will step up. It wasnt just the as. The cardinals, ramirez, was making his debut. Here is how he was greeted by the white sox. That is a three run homer. Making it back to back homers. Is no longer about the score, it is starting to be about baseball history. Josc was up next. The only question, fair or foul . That is three straight homers. Then gimenez, he hits one down the line and it is gone. The white sox tied the record with four straight homers. He becomes the first pitcher in history to allow for straight home runs in his debut. The white sox were 72 winners. He had an upanddown time in his seven years as the 49ers quarterback. No one could ever question the courage of alex smith. Here is smith was back on the field for washington after almost losing his life due to an injury in november 2018. He broke the tibia and fibula in his right leg. He had a severe infection and underwent multiple surgeries to save the leg. He is expected to be on the field on tuesday for the first workout. The final round, jim herman ranked 124th in the world. They werent really expecting this putt on the fifth hole to go in either. It will. He shot a 63 and was the leader in the clubhouse and then had to wait. Billy was the last guy with a chance. He needs this putt at 18 to go. Herman has a onestroke win. It is the third win for the 42 yearold herman. Three straight road course wins for elliott. The indy 500 is normally run on memorial day weekend. You will see the 104th birzon held next sunday. The poll was won by marco andretti. The grandson of mario andretti. Better than 231 miles per hour. Michael ran 16 times without a win. We will stay with speed for this day in sports history. Reporter he set a world record in the 100 meters. Bolt was on the way to a 12 year, tripledouble, winning the 100 and 200 meters in three olympics. On this day in 2015, jason day rule the victory in the pga championship. The total is tied for the record subpar score and a major tournament. That is this day in sports, august 16. It was just one week ago that the pga attornment was at harding park in San Francisco. Im still thinking about that alex smith story. That is amazing. He must love football. He doesnt need it at this point but wants to play. We will see you a bit later. Next and 11 00. We had dry lightning hitting the ground which may have started some fires. The extreme heat and unusual summer storm are a dangerous combination. It led to several fires burning around the area. The 11 00 news on ktvu fox 2 starts now. The red flag warning is in effect because of the extreme temperatures that we have been facing for several days