The air quality has been so bad that San Francisco closed a number of services today. The Citys Department of Emergency Management closed down some coronavirus testing sites. The National Park service is shutdown alcatraz, fort point today. We are activating whether these centers for people who need access to weather relief. We will give you the Current Conditions on what to expect this weekend. First we take it to ktvus ann rubin with how people are handling the Health Effects with all of the smoke in the air. People are doing their best to stay indoors. Doctors say they are already seeing the impacts of all of this bad air. Day after day of awful air quality is starting to take its toll. I have had like three migraines this week. Carbon health, which runs care clinics around the bay area has seen an influx in complaints and not just for people with asthma or emphysema. What you miss is that there is a higher risk of things that are sinus related as well. The irritation of the air par
Recently jacob blake reporter have sparked protests across the nation. There are two systems of justice in the United States. Theres a white system, and theres a black system. The black system aint doing so well. But were going to stand up every black person in the United States is gonna stand up were tired, im tired, of looking at cameras, and seeing these young black and brown people suffer reporter there were also calls for people to show up and vote this november. We must march do the ballot box, or the mailbox, to demand the leadership we deserve reporter the rally ending with a march from the Lincoln Memorial to the mlk memorial. Obviously there were concerns of parked crowds during a pandemic. Everyone was temperature checked and event organizers asked people from highrivel areas to stay home. Reporter white house chief of staff stood by the president s assertion that his administration has done more more minority communities than any president in recent history. And here in the
People will use common sense. We just cant put patrol officers shoulder to shoulder keeping people off the beach, so thats the reality. Reporter other beaches remaining open include ocean, china, and baker beaches, and stinson in martin. The beaches in Half Moon Bay are open, but are closed in pacifica. If we have on our beaches 250, 300 people, 400 people, and it has happened, it has happened at some of these beaches, that were in, you know, some serious issues. Reporter Half Moon Bay beaches are opened because in the past, closing the marking lots has led to out of towners crowding into neighborhoods. Theyre really not welcome, and should probably not come to san mateo county. Reporter so what can people do . Theres always hiking and biking, outdoor swimming pools are allowed to open machine n some areas, but wearing a mask in hot weather may be difficult for some. Be aware of physical strenuous exercise. If youre running on the beach, doing other physical activity, youre demand for
Weekend where warrant. Centers will take covid19 rules into account. Reporter cal iso the power grid operators say they do not expect demand to outstrip the available electricity economy is therefore anticipate to rolling black outs. However, if enough power plants were to shut down for technical reasons, the remote possibility of rolling blackouts still exists. Here is where it gets complicated and a bit scary. In santa rosa, which is activating a cooling center, an excessive heat watch will go into effect from saturday through monday in the region. Thats going to be a weekend of hot, high temperatures, dry conditions, and then from going into an excessive heat watch on the weekend, were going to roll straight into what is now being looked at potentially critical fire weather with the fire weather watch now already going into effect, starting monday. Reporter though any and all of this can change with realtime conditions, next week could be far more serious. We have historically seen
When solar is nonexistent. The entire west is competing for supplies going into these hot periods. This is the event that happens every 10 years or so. This is another statewide heat event. Reporter we will have had two such events in less than a month, are we seeing a Climate Change event or is it too early to tell . We need time to build up the history to see if there is a positive trend wise for events like this. Reporter beaches in these counties will be close. San francisco, sonoma and sam matteo county, beaches will be open except for pacific up. Air quality will be a problem in many areas. We are extending the spare the air alerts. Saturday and into the Labor Day Weekend with smoke situation still very much present. How to cool down . Pg e said it will operate cooling centers throughout the affected area. Thats the entire service area. Tom, you offered easy tips for all of us to do this coming weekend. We appreciate that. Thank you. New numbers for coronavirus. 5000 new cases we