Likely to be affected. Cal iso just issued an alert to brace for possible power outages, tonight. We are tracking the demand on the power grid for major blackouts. Then a young ones and head back to school today amid the heat wave. How districts are adjusting plans to keep their little ones healthy while at school. Afternoon, everybody, im reed cowan. In first alert weather, we know the extreme heat is bearing down on us once again, and its expected to be at its worst, today. Across the bay area and many areas. We are tracking the temperatures and threat of major power outages. First alert chief meteorologist, meteorologist, paul heggen is busy, he joins me now, and people are bracing for those te. Those temperatures. Temperatures are extremely hot across the bay area. The last thing you would want is a power outage, but you need to have a plan to keep yourself cool here it temperatures are above 100, above 110 in some locations. Santa rosa is at 98, but an hour ago you were at 115 degrees. That temperature has dropped significantly within the the last 60 minutes or so. Around the bay, temperatures are are mid80s, downtown, its upper 90s right now. Rosa, concord, san jose, have all set new high record temperatures to. Temperatures today. The excessive heat warning is in effect through this evening for almost all parts of the bay area, and he continues inland into wednesday and thursday. Right now it is a heat advisory along the coast, including san francisco. The heat advisory takes place tomorrow. We are not not out of the woods by a long t long shot. Even once the worst of the heat is behind us. Thats thats happening right now. Tomorrows temperatures are still to be anywhere from 1020 degrees above average. Not as hot, but still dangerously hot. And it looks like temperatures are going to go up a bit from wednesday to thursday. Well track the entire sevenday forecast in just a few minutes. It reminds us to check on our our neighbors. In the past half hour cal iso iso issued in july an alert to be ready for power outages. We are going to show you that here in a moment, they start at 5 30 tonight. They are expected to increase the alert to one step away from rotating power outages. They had already called a flex flex alert today asking everybody to cut back on energy use from 4 009 00. But now we are hearing the strain on the system is a lot. The states peak Peak Energy Demand is expected to shatter the last september record on the books. Yesterday topped out under 49,000 megawatts at 6 00 p. M. And right right now we are at nearly 58,000 megawatts. So thats about 8000 megawatts above the monthly record set back, in 200. In 2006. Pg e just released thac that specific areas could see those blackouts if they are necessary. This is a live look at that website, right now. Right above all these blocks that you see listed there is a place where you can go on and put in your homes address, it will tell you what block you are are in, and you will be up to see those blocks start to populate. Blocks not listed, not not expected to be impacted. The the converse of that is if you see your block listed there, we can assume you are expected to be impacted. Well continue following this one. Ill be back back at 5 00 to really go and dig down on this and show you, block by block, what to expect. We can also have this linked at our website emma kpix. Com. For the first time ever, grid grid operators have fired up four emergency backup generators generators to be deployed in roseville and yuba city. They have enough juice to power about about 120,000 homes, but thats not enough. This is a look at the current outage map on pg es pg es website. We are refreshing it by the moment. So what does it mean . Lets zero in in on this together and work on it together. The green dots represent outages affecting fewer than 50 customers. If you are in a green dot area, it is not as bad as those who were in the orange dot areas. Why . The orange dots show outages affecting more than 500 custome. 500 customers. We dont have that overnight cooling that helps the equipment equipment really get a break, and so we are seeing a fair numr fair number of pieces of a clement go out of service, and we are doing everything we can to replace that equipment on the the fly. Parts of livermore were witht were without power on and off since yesterday as they dealt with this. Some businesses say theyre closing early, this afternoon, and into tonight in anticipation of more power problems as we go into the evening. You see the dark city blocks, thats a result. From livermore to nevada they are topping 100 degrees today, and because of that, the School District there shortened the school day for some campuses. Kids at sutton, minimum days through friday. This is not just just a one and done experience. Through friday. All other schools will follow their regular schedules and heat plans, that has a caveat. We could hear otherwise about your Childs School because of the heat. We will pass that off to you on air and on social media, and online as we get it. If youre traveling on b. A. R. T. B ready for delayed s. Delayed scheduling. Extreme heat heat is also fueling some concern about wildfire. You see the burn scars there. You are looking at a two alarm brush fire that sparked in just the past couple of hours. This is what it looks like when 50 acres acres or more burns. Thankfully the men and women of con fire ad cal fire stopped it at just thi. Just this. They will be there to to watch hotspots and burn spots. Lets widen our focus to around the state. Some players have turned deadly, and thousands at this hour are evacuating their homes. Dena demetrius has the latest from down south in los angeles. A heat dome has settled over the west, prompting excessive heat warnings in california, arizona, utah, and nevada. Recordbreaking temperatures combined with low humidity and intense drought have turned the west coast into a tinderbox, complicating firefighting effor. Firefighting efforts. A fastmoving wildfire erupted southwest of los angeles, monday, killing two and forced t forced about 1500 people to evacuate. Officials estimate 5000 buildings are in the path of the flames and several have already been reduced to rubble. And the mill fire in northern ca northern california, south of the oregon border, killed two women on sunday. We feel for our communities. Its heartbreaking for us to hear these things. Forecasters say relief from the heat probably wont come until friday. Dena demetrius, cbs news, los angeles. So we know that californians, californians, we are no strangers to heat waves, but our our Current Situation is really raising some red flags among the the experts. A Climate Science r science professor at San Jose State University told us we all need to be prepared for weather events like these heat waves. And as we look to the future we need to be prepared that date last younger than ever before. When i first moved here several decades ago, a typical heat wave was three days, then cool air would come rushing in. This one is lasting much longer. Longer. That is professor allison bridger. She says this could force us to exercising earlier in the day and adjusting our habits when its not as hot, doing laundry earlier, if there is a flex alert in the afternoo. The afternoon. The city of oakland says its helping people people stay cool by opening eight libraries as cooling centers, as well as a hearing room at city hall. Also lions pool, open during usual hours. Oakland fires macro team, along along with Human Services personnel are out there on the streets just look for them, passing out water. They have a focus right now on keeping the unhoused community hydrated and and saving lives there. A lot of other bay area cities have opened up cooling centers as well to get us through this extreme heat. Lets lets talk san jose. Go to Camden Community center. Roosevelt Community Center or prussia farm. We have got all the information on cooling tips and conserving energy on our website, kpix. Com. Well what a visit it was in the castro. The queen of the netherlands is here in eewelced breed welcomed the queen at city ter that they went to speak with speak with local lgbtq plus advocates. The netherlands was the first country in the world to legalize samesex marriage. We share so many things in the community. It is something we feel so strongly about. The queen and mayor london breed then headed to the panel on the challenges of urban planning and on how to promote healthy, sustainable urban living. Reaching out to neighbors as we deal with extreme heat. To make sure that they are o, to make sure that they are drinking enough water, and that they have a way to stay cool. They are doing the angels work out there. We tag along with volunteers, hot as they are, to see how a simple checkin, met all the difference. And th taking a live look right now at the power demand across the state right now, cal i so just issued an alert for everybody to to be ready for possible power outages, tonight. So to avoid this the call is the same as its been for days, conserve energy. We could be on the verge verge of rotating blackouts coming up soon. As a cautionary tail, set the thermostat to 78 or above. Lets see if we can get this controlled so rolling blackouts dont happen. You can stay with kpix 5 for all of the the updates throughout the afternoon and evening. We are watching this so close for you. Back to first alert weather now. Labor day is done, but chopper 5 spotted people at the beach today cooling off. It is critical to check in on our eldy our elderly and neighbors who are not in places like that, where its out in public. Often times they are at home. Wilson walker of kpix 5 followed along as volunteers major our most vulnerable are surviving in the. The heat. Weve had, weve delivered on on stormy days where the wind is is blowing like crazy, and the rain is coming down. Mike and tammy are like the postal service, nothing stops them from their weekly rounds. Good morning, meals on wheels. Mac we do the same rout, same route, we do all the recipients on our route. Hi, ms. Baker. Meals on wheels. While the food is important, making contact is often more cr, more critical, especially in this heat. I think it is. Just to make sure they are well, that they are not looking tired, and they are staying hydrated. Stay cool . Cool, okay . Hi, mr. Johnson. Im wondering how you guys are doing. I know its hot out there. You know . So we are going to check in n in on an elderly resident of alameda. Laura williams is with alameda friendly visitors. How are you doing in this ho . Hot weather . Oh well im hot. Seniors like Joyce Anderson have a chance to talk about their family and the heat. Thats what i was doing, i had a washcloth, and its wet. And i put it on my face. I thought why wring it out . Oh, i have all my doors open to let in a breeze, but today will be the hottest day. There was plenty of gratitude gratitude for the help and the concern. So i am very grateful that, d that, and i appreciate they are. Are coming. Because i dont see to many people. Its really important to be checking in on your elderly rel. Elderly relatives. Your elderly neighbors. Especially if you know anybody whos living alone, alone, to make sure that they are okay. That they are drinking drinking enough water, and that they have some way to stay cool. Stay cool. In alameda, wilson walker, kpix 5. Proof positive we need each other, right . In an hour, the stadium comes comes to oracle park. Yesterday, yesterday, chopper 5 spotted cruises setting up the stage in 90degree heat. We also saw large blocks of generators being being brought in to make sure the lights are flashing, and you you can rock even if its in the the heat. Time for look at our forecast with first alert chief meteorologist, paul heggen. Favorite def leppard song, my f . My friend . You going to get word from me, sorry, buddy. Taste goes a bit younger for me. Heat warnings remain in effect all the way through thursday. I think they will have to be exted be extended through friday, because extreme heat will remain remain in the forecast at least that long. More record high temperatures, likely away from the coast. By thursday the temperatures are going to spike again. Thats the hottest the refacing after today. Relief finally arrives to the weekend. Lets take a look at whats happening with the big picture patterns. This heat dome, we always look at the map from then the topdown perspective, but think of this in three dimensions. The atmosphere is a thin envelope of gas around the, the atmosphere, but it is like a a threedimensional dome more air on top of us exerts higher pressure. The weight of the air is compressing the air at ground ground level, which is already hot, but it gets even hotter due due to the compression and warm. And warming. So temperatures that are hot in late summer are going to be even hotter. Its where you get these extreme temperature events. Its not the the only consequence of these ht these heat domes, but the stagnant air gets trapped in place, and it tends to be persistent. Once its in place its hard to get rid of. It sticks around for the next several days. Heat advisories and heat warnings continued through thursday. Heat advisory along the coast through this evening, and then you are out of of the advisory criteria. Warnings inland will continue through thursday. When you are n are in about the bay that will turn into a heat advisory. Make sure you have a backup plan to stay cool if the power goes out. Out. Even with that, the air quality has not been dreadful today. Mostly green and yellow. Yellow dots. At worst, air quality has been moderate across across the bay area today. Another spare the air alert day, day, tomorrow. They anticipate unhealthy quality for most groups. We will see if it happens tomorrow, fingers crossd fingers crossed though that they they are wrong. Temperatures are are going to have her here for the next couple of hours. We are are in the mid80s in san francisco, upper 90s in oakland. Oakland. 111 in concord. Hundred hundred 12 in livermore. 98 in santa rosa. An hour ago it was 115 degrees. The wind kicked in and brought a bit of relief. 108 108 degrees in san jose right now. You may set the record tody for the alltime hottest temperature recorded in san jose. Temperatures are dropping down to the 60s and 70s. Not a whole lot of relief during the overnight hours. No chance to open up the windows and leave the air conditioner with the break. Temperatures tomorrow, mid70s along the coast. Instead instead of 100 around the south bay you will will reach low to mid 90s. The 100s in the santa clara valley. Again, its not relief from the heat, but it is a noticeable step backwards from from the worst of the heat that we are expanding right now. High high temperatures inland will hover around 105 degrees once again tomorrow. High temperatures in san francisco, cooler, topping out around 80. Temperatures of mix until you go go much further inland where temperatures will be in the 105110 range for mendocino cou. Mendocino county. The risk has been high to very high. For much much of the bay area tomorrow it it will still be mostly still i. In place. It is still a dangerous scenario we are facing cing esin san jose will still be in the upper 90s on friday. We gradually back down close to normal temperatures in store by monday of next week. We just got got to get there, first. Three more hot days to go, first. Saturday wont be a picnic, but 97 degrees inland, and the east bay will fear feel like winter compared to the temperatures using today. Reed . An audible exhale all around time now for a red and gold report with the start of the 49ers regular season, days away. Away. Why it is super bowl, or r bust. More, with andrea nakano. The 49ers will kick off the regular season in chicago. Its another season with lofty expecs lofty expectations as the 49ers were one game away from reaching reaching the super bowl, last season. They feel they have a roster to get back there this s. This season. The bills are the betting favorites to win the titles. San francisco is currently seventh. Ive been to that big game one time. And i obviously want to get back to it super bad, this year. Its not like we will will get there at some point. Theres always got to be a sense sense of urgency, like this is the year. Super bowl or bus, like you said. It sounds clichc what the mentality and mindset is. With the red and gold reportm report, im andrea nakano. Thank you, my friend. You might already know that prop 27 taxes and regulates Online Sports betting to Fund Real Solutions to the homelessness crisis. So how will that new revenue be spent . New Housing Units in all 58 counties, including permanent supportive housing, tiny homes communities, project roomkey supportive hotel units. And intensive Mental Health and addiction treatment. Eange thets project roomkey supportive hotel units. And into housing. Yes on 27. Coming up at 5 00 we are working hard to monitor the power grid of a potential for rolling blackouts. 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