Diplomacy seems to be working the news from San Francisco mayor london breed about pandas returning to San Francisco. Its happening. The pandas are coming. Good morning. On this friday, april 19th. Yes. Before we get to drew with weather, we want to check in with amanda for a Traffic Alert. Yeah, definitely. In the east bay, commuters there be aware there is a sig alert in pleasanton impacting traffic this morning. Its a solo car crash on southbound 680 before castlewood drive. Emergency crews are on scene and theyre planning to reopen at six this morning. Drew, lets check in with you. Yeah. Thanks, amanda. Get ready for a cooler day today. Well see. Temperatures more in the 60s and 70s instead of the 70s and 80s like we had for the past couple of days. A live look outside from the exploratorium camera. We are dealing with some cloud cover this morning. Well have partly to mostly cloudy skies early on, giving way to brighter conditions as we head throughout the afternoon. Temperatures
And im ahmad daetz. The unhealthy conditions are forcing people to alter their outdoor plans. While some schools and local attractions closed altogether. We have abc seven News Team Coverage and well start with meteorologist sandhya patel. Sandhya. Conditions out there just do not look good. Yeah, its been really hazy and smoky. Larry and alma best to avoid exposure. Lets take a look at a live picture from our emeryville camera. You can see as we look towards 80 that its sort of a murky view as smoke impacts from those wildfires in Northern California. And oregon continuing here in the bay area. Spare the air alert is up today and it is going to continue tomorrow. Poor air quality both days. One thing we have noticed today is very subtle, but the onshore winds have picked up napa, gusting to 28 miles an hour. And that has brought some improved to parts of the north bay in the green as you will notice. But many parts of the bay area in the yellow, which is moderate and orange, which is
Detected a missile threat to hawaii. Reporter and that was the reality. Students running to bunkers. Hotels evacuating guests. Please go to the lobby to receive directions. Reporter all what turned out to be a false alarm during a time of heightened tension. Heads better roll on this one. Reporter the governor of hawaii called it a human error. It was a procedure that occurred at the change of shift where they go through to make sure the system is working, and an employee pushed wrong button. Reporter bay area congresswoman barbara lee has this to say over the false alarm. This is deeply concerning. Its dangerous. Its unprofessional. We have to get to the bottom of this. People, um, are fearful, and this is a moment where we have to reflect upon whats going on. Reporter kpix 5 security analyst jeff harp says in a moment of heightened transpacific tensions, this mistake will give the state of hawaii the opportunity to address shortcomings in their system. This will allow them to build s
Changes in terms of rain but a spare the air day tomorrow for unhealthy air. Arriving tomorrow cooling temperatures and progressively stronger storms. A colder storm due in thursday and another next week. And rain totals perhaps measured to an inch. Highest peaks around the bay area could see some snow. Full forecast coming up in about 12 minutes. Sounds good. Download our nbc bay area app. The flight from San Francisco to france was diverted to virginia because of a medical issues. The plane landed at Dulles International airport about an hour ago. People caught in the middle of this male it went on for two hours. Nbc bay area thom jensen live with the new accounts and the crazy reason the fight started in the first place. Thom . Reporter it started about 9 00 inside the arcade section when a girl went looking for her missing phone inside the restaurant and this broke out when she asked a group of people if they saw the phone. Next thing you know there is a massive brawl of people thr
Jana cats yum is here katsuyama is here with more. Reporter they would like to see a vote thursday, but some gop senators say they cant support it in its current form, and without changes, the gop doesnt have the number of votes they need yet. Democrats denounce the Republican Senate healthcare bill on the steps of the capitol. Corey booker and others joined a protest. It indicates if the bill passes next year, 15 Million People would lose their coverage. 22 mill would be uninsured in ten years. Premiums would increase for older americans, states could get waivers allowing insurers to reduce benefits that cover pregnant women, mental healthcare, rehabilitation and some prescription drugs. It would be devastating for health in america. Reporter ken says people with preexisting conditions will still have access to insurance, but may not be able to afford it. It keeps the structure intact, but cuts way back on how much money they get. And who is eligible. Reporter the biggest impact will