One of these towns will be 25 degrees cooler than today. We will have that coming up in the full forecast. For now downtown concorde is one of the bay area hotspots. 104 degrees. It is toasting our kpix 5 reporter. You see him sweltering. Reporter paul has the numbers right. I have all the reaction to those numbers. It feels like an oven out here making hot. Your clothes your shirt pants everything sticks to your body. We are in the 6 pm our exhibitors are starting to cool down. A lot of folks are coming out to enjoy the festivities. We have the Farmers Market here atwnto concorde. Live music played right now. A lot of folks are starting to come out this way. I want to take you back to the to 3 pm our when the heat was at its peak. It looked like a ghost town at the local playgrounds. Not a hot. Lots and lots of hot. I dont like this weather. Reporter a lot of people make their way to the pools. It feels great. Cools you all. Reporter due to popular demand the city of walnut creek foun
Lot of folks dont have air conditioning, believe it or not. More than you think. Place like hayward, 90 degrees today, that is brutal on folks. With that said, here are the current temperatures, one or two in concord 102 in walnut you can see where the heat is, that is the excessive heat warning that stays in effect for 24 hours. The heat will stick around, though it will cool a little bit over the next 12 hours. We will see you back here with the weekend forecast. Firefighters in the south bay are battling a grass fire this afternoon which started around 12 15 along santa teresa boulevard and bailey avenue, in south san jose. So far, the fire has burned 75 acres and about 15 homes have been evacuated. People in the surrounding area are being told to stay indoors, because of the heavy smoke. Crewforward progress of the fir contained, but the extreme heat today is taking a toll. If it increases the workload on the firefighters, it also increases the rate and the spread of this fire, as
About 10 00 a. M. In the upper 60s. Were talking low 70s. We are still seeing the slightly more comfortable temperatures today before we see a big change coming up in the work week. Will have more details oen what you can expect and a closer look at your daytime highs in a bit. First over to mike. We start with a crash here, this is the scene from not long ago. We got word of a deadly crash on fremont city streets between walnut and capitol. 24hour fitness, fremont festival of the arts we often have our booth, a major roadway off of mallory that should. Open in time for the bulk of the morning commute when the businesses open buting suspicio. Everybody stayed around, the scene, the driver, to cooperate. Highway 24 a little slowing but i think everythings moving pretty well for the rest of the story around that head back to you commuters in Contra Costa County, just wrapping up moments ago. Today in the bays pete suratos joins us live in lafayette. Pete . Reporter good morning to you, g
Well get you out the door. This is the time of morning parents are planning the day for their kids so lets talk about the temperatures. Currently at 60 degrees in the south bay, but lets get right to that San Francisco unified school day, because were going to keep a lot of the cloud cover early on by about 10 00 a. M. Look at that 61 degrees and well stick to the low 60s, it isnt until 2 00, 3 00, well start to climb into the mid60s. So a little bit of a breezy day in San Francisco. Might even feel a little chilly at times and of course, west Contra Costa Unified School day getting warmer a lot quicker than San Francisco for sure. 10 00 a. M. , 68 degrees and then were talking 70s by the time the kids head out to lunch, at about 12 00, 73 degrees. Topping out in the 80s, parents. I bet the parents are happy to have the kids back in school. Is that so, mike . Probably so. It will also affect the parents and their commute. Toward the bay bridge where even though San Francisco is coming
Getting the School Lunches ready, too, and youre probably wondering what should your kid wear to school . Judging by the weather, its going to be different everywhere you go. If youre in San Francisco, of course San Francisco Unified School District we have the cloud cover and the temperatures are in the upper 50s. Low 60s by about 12 00, well be in the mid60s and its going to be a little warmer for those of you who are on the west Contra Costa Unified School day, 68 degrees by 10 00 a. M. And by 11 00 a. M. Well be in the 70s. It is going to be warm in the 80s by the time you pick them up from school in west contra costa. Ill look at how other Bay Area School forecasts are doing. First over to mike. Vianey the bay bridge. Oakland unified started a week ago. Theyve had a week the parents have to adjust to the schedule. I did see this monday morning a lot more folks head for the early commute, the metering lights were turned on at 5 12. Its starting to sort itself out now. We have the b