Extreme smoke just really trapped at the surface here in the bay area. So we have very unhealthy air to hazardous air quality this morning. You can see those purple, red dots indicating this unhealthy to hazardous air quality from redwood city to the trivalley and up through concord as well. Walnut creek. Around the oakland area. Into San Francisco. Very unhealthy to hazardous air quality up through lark spur and san rafael and the north bay. And into petaluma. San rafael and for santa rosa. Not only dealing with those smoky skies, we have the fog. So Poor Visibility this morning near zero for petaluma. Down to three quarters of a mile at halfmoon bay. And a mile and a quarter at sfo. Looking ata mile a lf kland hayward as e. Rmora densfo and in safr ea unti 0a. M. What you can expect for the weekend coming up. But gianna, we are dealing with that extreme smoke and those foggy conditions. Hows the commute . Yeah, its certainly affecting the drive this morning. Were seeing some slow spe
Up the hillside surrounding the lick observatory. Positive news from the fire lines in santa clara county. Evacuation warnings lifted this afternoon for parts of morgan hill. Crews are focusing their efforts on digging and shoring up containment lines to trap the flames in the more rural rugged terrain to the east. This entire west flank remains the number one priority of the incident because of the increased threat of Public Safety along populated communities and infrastructure risks as we move further down to the south. Deeper inside the fire lies a very close call high atop mount hamilton. Len ramirez is there. Reporter the views of this once gorgeous california wild land are scenes of devastation. Practically as far as the eyes can see. Fire fighting super tankers come in low over the the of mount hamilton. But the flames and smoke moved farther south revealing devastation all around the lick observatory. Itto see flames, 200foot flames to go through. Site superintendent says the f
Joe biden and Kamala Harris make their first appearance as the democratic ticket bashing the president and reaching out to democrats. And police dog outrage. A Salt Lake City officer is suspended for ordering his canine to attack a black man who says he was trying to obey. First, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This has been one of the most dangerous and erratic wildfires that ive covered in my entire career here. That fire sounded like a freight train. A huge brush fire erupting in Southern California prompting evacuations. The lake fire seems to be burning out of control. The inferno came dangerously close to Public Safety vehicles. Fire Officials Say they have been witnessing extreme fire behavior. The biden harris democratic ticket stepping into history. Harris criticized the administrations response to the coronavirus pandemic. The reason that an american dies of covid19 every 80 seconds. The president announced new steps, he says, will help schools reopen safel
We begin serious concerns about the quality of its covid19 testing data. Health officials there say a statewide glitch is causing massive under counting and is now affecting their ability to track the spread of the virus. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Chris wynne has our top story from san jose. Reporter tonight growing concerns after officials discovered a glitch with cal redie the covid19 reporting system. We are back to blind. We dont know how the epidemic is trending. Reporter a fraessment as she the data isouies on it to gde t reopening of econog businesses and schoo very anxio issue to get resolved. We expect all of these numbers are going to gohat extent we do. Reporter so far the governor hasnt said much about the problem. However, the states Top Health Official shared this during a recent briefing. There is a specific component that feeds information from labs to both the state system and local Public Health system that may be the place where data is getting stuck. R
And clouds as Steve Paulson has been telling us all morning long, nice, cooler weather. And sometimes it makes comfort foods even more appetizing we are celebrating one of americas favorite comfort foods today, National Mac Cheese day. In honor of the occasion there are Companies Offering special deals on twitter and stauffer is offering 10 lucky winners 10 free mac cheese products, check out their giveaway treat and noodles and company is offering awards members of free small bowl of mac cheese with the purchase of any regular entrce. Mike i will start with you, during this pandemic and even before mac cheese is a staple in the household and it is good comfort food. Kids usually like it, i know you are picky eater so are you a fan . Yeah i am definitely a picky eater though i have been opening up my palate more. I will say this, we have the craft mac cheese and they come in the many bowls and you put water and like a minute 30 in the microwave, they will not always finish them and ill