This is. And you should definitely not spend a lot of time out there. Giving us o unhealthy. Unhealthy air quality as of right now. And we also have still a high wind. But its not helping to mix out this smoke. Upper elevations especially in the north bay as we look at our wind speeds coming in from the north pushing in some of that smoke once again, we are going to see at times those winds at about 25 to 35 miles per hour. And thats the reason why we do have the red flag warning when you combine high winds along low humidity. Any current or new fires can spread rapidly. And its still hot so were going to talk about that and whats ahead in our forecast coming up in a few minutes. Thank you, kari. More dramatic rescues in Fresno County as campers and hikers were airlifted out of the creek fire. Helicopters reached them as flames were closing in. Nbc bay areas bob redell is tracking those breaking developments. Hi there, bob. Reporter the u. S. Military has now rescued over 100 people wh
Announced it filed an Involuntary Manslaughter charge against officer jason fletcher. He shot and killed taylor on april 18th at a walmart. Body camera footage released by the department shows Taylor Holding a bat moments before he was shot. The District Attorney said an investigation determined officer fletcher first used a taser gun twice on taylor. She says taylor then pointed the bat at the ground and was stumbling. At the time of the shooting it was not reasonable to conclude mr. Steven taylor posed an emnent threat of death or Great Bodily Injury to either officer fletcher or to anyone else in the store. The second responding officer is back on duty. Now to what could be a Pivotal Moment in the fight against covid19. Labor day weekend begins in 48 hours. It is going to be hot. People will want to have fun. The top leaders like the governor are saying now more than ever we need to be vigilant. The importance this weekend of trying to avoid and minimize outside of your household mi
Definitely smoggy as we look at San Francisco thorn ais morning. And you see all the areas of unhealthy air. In the monitoday monitory monir have some cleaner air coming. And i think that you could extend the spare the air to saturday and i think that sunday will be the better day and ill show you the smoke forecast coming up next. At the live desk, auge is b. Is iamly just int 3,00 t Ammonium Nitrate exploded just one month ago. 190 people were killed and did you thousands more injured. And this is a live look at the scene. The site of the new fire is creating panic in the area. It is not clear yet what is burning. Well bring you more as information comes in. And now well talk more about that amazing and somewhat scary orange hazy sky that we saw all day yesterday. You are looking at droneview 7 captures this video from iconic landmarks. And Amy Hollyfield is live in the east bay this morning with all the reaction to this hopefully not common sight. Reporter and what did it do to your
Public health is critical to building a better bay area and the latest numbers on Coronavirus Infections in california are encouraging. There are nearly 145 new reports of people dying, which unfortunately is above average. But the number of new cases is down, below average. The number of coronavirus patients in the hospital continues to drop, it has been decreasing steadily for weeks now. The testing Positivity Rate is down to 5. 1 over a 14 day average and it hasnt been that low in quite a while. Developing news, in san leandro, a Police Officer there has been charged with felony manslaughter in the deadly shooting of a black man inside a walmart. Family and friends of the victims say this is the first , the officers attorney is criticizing the d. A. s decision. Drop the bat. Drop the bat. Reporter this is video from back in april showing the moments before officer Jason Fletcher shot and killed Steven Taylor inside a san leandro walmart. The District Attorney Nancy Omalley says that
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