This morning. Because of that, a spare the air alert that remains in effect. Going a record 23 days in a row with a spare the air alert for the thats never been done before. Also tracking dry and gusty offshore winds. Looking at winds gusting up to 40 to 50 Miles Per Hour this morning up in the Higher Elevations is why red flag warning is in effect until 8 00 a. M. Today for the north bay mountains and east bay hills but because of those dry northerly to winds, and low relative humidity values. Temperatures upper 60s in San Francisco and mid 70s in oakland. Upper 80s in san jose. And low to mid90s for concord down as we heads through the next few days. Now lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic and its a foggy start this morning. Yeah, it sure is mary. In fact, at the Golden Gate Bridge, that is where chp has issued a fog advisory. So limited visibility asu for the most part right now your drive times south 101, 14 minutes from the richmondsan rafael bridge into San Francisco.
Happening right now, thousands of pg e customers are still in the dark this morning. And the power might not be back on until tonight. So here is a look at the outage map. Pg e cut the power in nearly two dozen counties across the state, august because of the high fire danger. The purple triangles indicate those Public Safety power shutoffs. Calistoga is one place that is impacted. The mayor says the shutoff was a necessary step because of the threat of high winds. At one point, there were half a Million People in the dark statewide. Crews will be working to restore power once the sun comes up. High winds and dangerous heat are making it difficult for firefighters battling dozens of fires across california right now. And i really want you to Pay Attention to this number. So far wildfires have burned about 2. 3 million acres in comparison to this same time last year. And this same time last year, just during a press conference yesterday, Governor Newsom said that he has had it with Clim
Backing up beyond that 880 overpass and ki theres still a lot of brake lights southbound 880 working freeway due to road work around the oakland area. Use 580 as an alternate route. And that drive along 580 at least the portion through the Altamont Pass, still pretty as well. Westbound 580 a slow ride working your way outhe Altamont Pass, a new crash reported near dougherty. Thats coming up in the next report. Anne . Im anne makovec at the live news desk. And we are keeping our eye on a couple of large fires burning right now causing evacuations near lake oroville. This is new video from overnight from plumas county. Just tearing up the hillsides there. This flared up yesterday and these new evacuations ca last night an is called the bear fire and its part of the north complex fire and it is now moving in a in plumas and yuba and butte about 1 00 morning from the and fa heard from one. And we are going to have that coming up at 6 30. We know some homes wn. Also want to let you know abo
Winds start to accelerate. Well talk about how much longer is hot temperatures sticking around. Well look at that and the forecast coming up in 12 minutes. Trying to escape the heat, thousand of people gathered at ocean beach in San Francisco this Holiday Weekend leaving no room for safe social distancing at all and forcing mayor reed to control those crowds. Live in San Francisco, the beach is looking better behind you today, roz plater . Better, a lot of people arrived. These are different crowds, family and children. Of course the night is young. This is ocean beach this labor day. A balmy 80 degrees off the ocean and dozens of families trying to beat the heat. It is so hot. Thats why we came out to the beach because it is insanely hot at home. Reporter for the most part they seem to follow the new covid19 rules. Stay with your pod, wear a mask and keep a good distance. I plan on being away from everybody from the spotlight more down there. Reporter it is a far cry from two nights a
County we have Team Coverage this evening with everything that you need to know were going to start with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow with the latest on the heat lawrence is like an oven out there it is been on a believable this heat wave really a feeling the grips of it now but starting to see some changes along the coastline and something i think youre gonna like to see but why it is still hot spots out there are a 100 in san mateo but look at half moon bay, a very comfortable 68 degrees blazing hot in livermore right now a 107 degrees 107 and conquer one 04 in dublin, 90. In oakland, a 100 for napa look at saint helene a 110 degrees santa rosa, a 110 it is also a 109 degrees in cloverdale a 104 in the bottle one 04 in napa and look at fairfield a 111 degrees get into San Francisco, 88 degrees of course, San Francisco got up to over a 100 degrees yesterday that was only for Something Like the 14th time in the last 147 years heat, advisories and heat warnings are still in e