Heat because we are going to see temperatures skyrocket. Some of our inland locations are in the triple digits. It is a warm start already with that sunshine. We are in the 50s and 60s and a little warmer compared to yesterday the heat advisory from 11 am until 7 pm for most of the bay area except for the coast and immediate shoreline so all of our inland locations are under this heat advisory. Please be safe and try to stay cool in this heat. We are looking at daytime highs, 102 in fairfield, concord and livermore, 90 in oakland, 97 for san jose and 82 for San Francisco. It is about 20 degrees above average. I will talk about cool down coming our way in a few minutes. Keeping an eye on this breaking news right here. A grass fire that started burning at about 4 am started out pretty small and it blew up. This was near old port street. It is on the west side of 880, just north of the oakland arena. Firefighters pretty much have it out but we have been seeing plumes of smoke just in isol
Fairfield. San francisco, it is warm in the city, but a bit of a breeze kind of keeping this temperatures and check right now the coast and the shoreline. Lots of 90s for fremont and evened in san jose. Im looking for potential records of the north bay for santa rosa and in san jose. We will get the official report during the 5 00 hour later on today from the National Weather service. This is kind of as those records begin to, possible records begin to push into portions of the bay area. It looks like we are having a few issues with the weather computer in terms of advancing it, but i will i think we overheated the weather computer. Mark, we appreciate it. We will head now to the south they were about the normal amenities are not open as they usually would be during the heat wave like this. So how are people finding relief . Lets bring in ktvu right now. Joining us live at some of the strategies people are using here and maureen, the change that may be coming. Well, alex. We have to op
Were back with a small brush fire raging on a hillside about 30 miles east of downtown los angeles. Firefighters were able to save a nearby restaurant, but the heat wave is hanging over Southern California for another few days. Miami is headed for another warm but soggy day. As much as 7 inches fell in parts of southern florida, washing out memorial day for many and making driving hazardous. More rain and severe storms are expected today because a big storm system is sitting right off the coast and will continue to drench the area. That system could become the second tropical system of the year, and its moving north towards the Kennedy Space center. That nasty weather could impact tomorrows scheduled launch of a pair of american astronauts into space. It comes as nasa and spacex give a final go for the historic launch, the first liftoff of american astronauts from u. S. Soil in nine years. Heres abcs gio benitez. Reporter worries that the weather will delay this Historic Mission to spa
Abc7 news anchor liz kreutz is live now to give us the big picture perspective of what this means. Liz . Hi, kristen. Weve been talking a lot about our local businesses and how theyre doing, but these numbers out today give a really big picture look at the overall toll retail is taking right now because of this pandemic. We spoke to the president of mountain hardwear based in richmond to get his take on what all of this means moving forward. Weve all seen it, the crazy online discounts. 80 off ann taylor, 60 off j crew, macys. While it might sound nice, something detrimental is happening to the retail business. But just how bad it is . What is the state of the Retail Industry right now . Its at a stand still. The president of richmondbased mountain happ hardwear. Despite Curbside Pickup beginning this week in the bay area, even at places like rei which sales their products, he says he is not holding his breath. I dont see that changing anything significantly. I dont think consumers eve
People for covid19 and we are now looking to make sure that we capture anybody and test them who may have been exposed and who is carrying the virus. So you dont need to have symptoms in order to pass this on to somebody else the new popup locations bring to 46 the total number of test sites across the county. That includes for existing drivethru sites like this one 2 of which are in san jose with one each in milpitas and morgan hill all 4 are open 7 days a week from 08 30am to 04 30pm appointments are required and can be made online is san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Thanks robin. Heres a look at the number of people infected in the bay area there are now more than 12,500 confirmed cases. 426 people have died from the virus Alameda County now has the most known infections with 2,874 in 93 deaths you can find a complete list of cases broken down by county on our website kron 4 dot com. People are not only heading to reopen beaches for the memorial day holiday but hiking trails as we