Reporter pg e uses models to predict weather that could affect you and it has models to predict outages. That is what they are working on to figure who is at risk of losing power thursday during the heat wave. Those predictions are just internal to pg e. Reporter they wont tell you and say it is because of their fellow meteorologists at the National Weather service. We dont want to step on their toes and put out conflicting information. Reporter some people say this could be a Public Safety issue, not knowing if they are going to lose power because, for example, some people have dialysis machines that need electricity. Yeah, it would be nice to know, at least prepare for everyday life. Thank you. No relief for construction workers in brent wood, they are fully exposed to the blistering sun and trichaldigit heat. They were able to keep necks and arms protected as you saw on the roof there. We spotted the umbrella keeping their water cooler in the shade. In san jose, lots of kids and fam
Good evening, i now at 11 00 triple digit temperatures, buckling sidewalks and a call to conserve electricity. Good evening. Im allen martin. Im elizabeth cook. First lets go to Brian Hackney with coverage on the heatwave. Weve see this graphic time and time again, a heat advisory posted throughout the bay area not to be lifted till thursday as High Pressure sparks across the west coast giving us highs not quite as warm as today, but theres more on the way. Temps remain 100 degrees inland and coast remains cool with highs in the mid60s. Temperatures will drop inland but not until it gets warmer again because a High Pressure system rebuilds. Well have the details when we cover the forecast in a few minutes. Brian, thank you. Christin ayers is in moraga where a grassfire broke out near a school. Reporter yeah, guys. Temperatures have cooled off tonight. Firefighters were able to quickly get a handle on that fire, but they say these soaring temperatures could mean more fires like this. Th
Good evening, i now at 11 00 triple digit temperatures, buckling sidewalks and a call to conserve electricity. Good evening. Im allen martin. Im elizabeth cook. First lets go to Brian Hackney with coverage on the heatwave. Weve see this graphic time and time again, a heat advisory posted throughout the bay area not to be lifted till thursday as High Pressure sparks across the west coast giving us highs not quite as warm as today, but theres more on the way. Temps remain 100 degrees inland and coast remains cool with highs in the mid60s. Temperatures will drop inland but not until it gets warmer again because a High Pressure system rebuilds. Well have the details when we cover the forecast in a few minutes. Brian, thank you. Christin ayers is in moraga where a grassfire broke out near a school. Reporter yeah, guys. Temperatures have cooled off tonight. Firefighters were able to quickly get a handle on that fire, but they say these soaring temperatures could mean more fires like this. Th
And mid90s in santa rosa. The hottest day of the week is still to come, well talk about that and first good morning to jaclyn dunn. Good morning and happy tuesday. Slowdowns on 580 for super commuters out there. Were still in the green with the travel time of just under 25 minutes from 205 to 680. No accidents. They have roadwork in the eastbound direction. Looking good from antioch to hercules. Just under a 30minute ride. We could see another day of record heat today to help save Energy Officials are issuing the first flex alert. We are supposed to reduce the amount of energy were using between 2 00 and 9 00 tonight. Over the next couple of days, the state will see the highest energy usage in 10 years and the sweltering temperatures have firefighters all over the state on high alert. Heres more on the dangerous conditions they are dealing with. Reporter the fire broke out on the Lafayette Moraga border. 10acres in the midst of a heat wave. Its been challenging, we know theres more to
Dressed in a full marine uniform when he doust himself on gas and set himself on fire outside a coffee shop. Bob jones is where it happened temperature the veteran is still in the hospital getting treatment for serious burns. 69 years old and he remains in the Burns Institute at akron hospital. He set himself on fire on west market saturday morning. Before that, he caused some concern and worrisome customers inside this coffee shop. It was just shock. Surveillance video from angel falls coffee shows the vietnam veteran dressed in a marines corp union trying to get into a political conversation with customers. The owner of the coffee shop toll me the vet wanted to know who organized recent protests against donald trump. Against trump. And he talked to my customers about how people needed to protest more against trump. When no one engaged in a conversation, the veteran left a shop and handed his cell phone to a stranger and toll him to record a video and what happened next was horrifying