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Now. As we get a look at all of our microclimates, weve up to 76 degrees. Temperatures are warming up much warmer than normal. 80 degrees in concord 79 in San Francisco mid90s for fairfield as well as pittsburgh and 92 degrees in pleasanton. The extreme heat continues for not only us but other areas. The Southern California extreme heat is causing problems for firefighters trying to knock down the wildfire near santa barbara. Its one of the dangerous fires burning in the southeast and southwestern parts of the united states. We get a report now from Steve Patterson who is in goleta near the sherpa fire. Were tracking a series of wildfires all over the southwest. Now stoked by triple digit recordsetting heat. Here at the sherpa fire, theres 2,000 firefighters that are checking for heatrelated injuries. We had three of them as they had to be air lifted off the line. They have about 50 containment on this fire but its not the only fire in the region. In arizona, the cedar fire has charred
Huffed and puffed they blew a tree down. And caused a lot other damage around the metro area too. Meteorologist belen de leon will let us know how much wind will be around again this morning she joins us now with traffic reporter Amelia Earhart join us. Good morning ladies. Belenit looks like we have a great weekend ahead. Organic products grocery stores. Now they could be in marijuana shops too. Today, legislators to create pesticidefree pot. 9news reporter Tarhonda Thomas is here with more. Tarhonda theres use of that term organic. According to our today. No pot can be certified organic. Is controlled by government. And pot is still illegal under but colorado lawmakers are considering an alternative thats as close as you marijuana. Today, a legislative committee will hear a proposal to certification system for marijuana. It would look to see whether the growers used any pesticides or contaminants. The pot would pesticidefree. Label and market that way. This matters to consumers recal
That upslope event and snow increasing. Visibility has dropped to about 1 2 a mile in the metro area. Some other spots have the blue color, low visibility, very cloudy skies and with winds gusting 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour especially out towards Eastern Plains, that wind chill is making temperatures feel like the teens. So yeah, weve got winter in colorado. Its february here. Weve got 20s right now and as the sun goes down, those temperatures will get even colder and well see wet roads turn icy. So thats whats in store for that afternoon commute and heading into early this evening, snow will continue to go. As we look at these snow reports, i woke up this morning and went man and weve heard it certainly because weve been getting those emails wheres the snow . Its here. Its not falling at once. Its going to take some time. By top afternoon is when we are expecting for tomorrow afternoon is when we are expecting for this storm to yeah. I suppose patience is the word. We would be altogether
The new face of vegas. We will kick it off with the world. Two days, two bombings in southern russia. A few hundred miles from the site of the Winter Olympics which began in six weeks. The first bombing came yesterday at a train station in volgograd. This is a video. The time of the explosion, a suicide bomber with himself up near a metal detector. 17 people were killed, 45 were injured. Investigators say the toll would have been higher if it had not been for barriers that kept the bomber from reaching a waiting area. The second bombing this morning during rush hour. A Suicide Mission in the same city on a trolleybus. At least 14 people were killed and 27 were injured. Here is your geography lesson. Volgograd used to be called stalingrad. It sits above the north caucasus, one of the most war torn territories of the last two decades, if not the last century. There has been an insurgency going on going back to the 1990s. This is the most recent manifestation of that conflict. By carrying