Temperatures as we head through our afternoon. Because of this extreme heat, san jose is opening cooling centers today. Camden Community Center and vietnamese american cultural will be open at 11 00 and the library will be open starting at 1 00 p. M. Today. Thats just to give some relief from the heat for many people who are just trying to stay safe. Looking at a high fire danger with the red flag warning in effect for north bay mountains including glass fire from 1 00 p. M. Today until 6 00 p. M. Friday. Well talk more about high fire danger and smoky skies in just a few minutes. Lets check for the latest on road closures due to the glass fire. Thanks mary. The road closures continue. I will start with an overview to give you an idea of how big the area is where the closures are. Some of the larger roads shut down are parts of 128, 29, highway 12, both directions east and west bound of highway 12 from mount hawk way to trinity road. North and south bound, highway 29 from deer park roa
Storm systems that will be you know, they could have nearby and how it will affect picked a lot of words associated our weather. Mike, how is it looking right now for the commute . With samuel l. Jackson. Kari, it is looking pretty laura, you can get waze to give good as far as the Speed Sensors go and the overall bigger you directions in batman voice. Perspective. The Golden Gate Bridge were i heard you say that the used to the fog there. Chp traditional advisory for the other day. What were you saying, mike . Golden gate and also for the bay a few other words associated bridge for fog. As we look at the map, no major with samuel l. Jackson but not problems. The highlighting yellow has cleared from the east bay and for all audiences. That includes the construction tell the kids to cover their ears. Not yet, not right now. Zone. Still slow 880 through oakland. And the rest of the bay will see were clean on this show, right, low clouds but right now visibility is okay, laura, out kari .
Right now at 6 00, back to School Battle as bay area schools consider bringing students and teachers back to campus, parents are sounding off. A live report next on the concerns and fears on all sides. Plus its going to take us probably in the order of nine months, six to nine months to get the American Public vaccinated. I think he made a mistake when he said that. Its just incorrect information. Who was right about the race for vaccine . Joe biden says he doesnt trust the president. A live report on whether the white house is politicizing the issue to win reelection. A month of spare the air alerts now in the record books. But, were not in the clear just yet. The latest on nearby wildfires and the ongoing threat to air quality. The third hour of today in the bay continues right now. And a very good morning to you. Thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. Im Marcus Washington. Mike is keeping his eye on that commute and well get to that in a bit. First to kari hall with a look
20 counties in looting alameda, santa clara, and contra costa county. The acronyms at the beginning of the names where each fire, were tasked with fighting the wildfires. Lm you is the sonoma lake napa unit. Scu is the santa clara unit. And cz use the san Mateo Santa Clara unit. We have Live Team Coverage for you this afternoon, we are monitoring the lm you lightning complex in solano counties. Mark tamayo tracking the air quality around the bay area and the fire conditions. We want to go to jesse gary with more of the mandatory evacuations under place for the ccu fire which is burned more than 40,000 acres. 0 contained in thousands of people forced into evacuation shelters. Because of that they want to open more evacuation centers. We are standing outside the Civic Auditorium in downtown santa cruz which is one of two sites currently open. But ive just been told that a third is opening. Officials here in Santa Cruz County will open the Seventh Day Adventist parking lot on san jose soc
Agents with a gun before being shot and killed. And the same kind of tensions are boiling over in new york city as a car drove into a crowd of protesters. Black lives matter demonstrators were gathered to protest the death of daniel prude. He died days after officers draped a spit hood over his face. During the rally a car careened through the crowd. Police say the driver was a part of counterprotesters that were wearing keep America Great hats. No one was hurt miraculously. In rochester, meanwhile, police fired pepper spray and paint balls at a crowd of protesters outside police headquarters. Seven Police Officers have been suspended in connection with prudes death by suffocation in march. New video shows him with that spit hood over his head as he was held down for roughly two minutes. Decision 2020 and President Trump is doubling down on telling voters to vote twice, once by mail and then to go to the polls to vote in person. In the meantime democratic nominee joe biden is planning