Excessive heat warning for selanno county. And its going to be hotter the following day. Ill have a look at the forecast in just a few minutes. Spencer, thank you. This heat wave has prompted California Power officials to issue the first flex alert of the year. Today and tomorrow, theyre asking us to conserve energy, pau because they expect peak usage to be the highest in nearly 11 years. I want to show you realtime power use levels right now. It is 6 00 right here. And you can see this is a peak time for energy use. Its going to decline in the next few hours. But our actual usage, thats the solid blue line you see there. Its below yesterdays forecasted usage for today. Thats the dot t purpoted purpl. So we have 3,000 mega watts below the forecast amount, but we need to keep conserving. Were expecting another rise in temperatures, so were anticipating basically more power outages. One simple thing you can to do to save electricity, set your air conditioner five degrees higher. Dont use
Setting temperatures, and we could break even more records before the end of this week. Im kristen sze. And im dan ashley. It was cooler than yesterday today. Still plenty hot, but tomorrow is going to be warmer, a lot warmer. Temperatures so hot, they could be dangerous. Lets get right to Spencer Christian with a look ahead. We have sunny skies across the bay area right now. Todays highs, pretty hot in some spots. Numerous locations topped out in the number 90s. Right now, this is the view from the east bay hills. Just a little hint of coastal fog developing. 57 at Half Moon Bay. This is the view from mount tam. Its still warm, but no triple digits right now. 79 at napa, low to mid 90s in fairfield and concord at 89. The heat reintensifies tomorrow. A heat advisory for tomorrow, excessive heat warning for selanno county. And its going to be hotter the following day. Ill have a look at the forecast in just a few minutes. Spencer, thank you. This heat wave has prompted California Power
Mendocino county. Welcome to the 9. It is a busy wednesday afternoon or morning, i should say. I want to start with uber ceo. Yeah. Saying goodbye. There was a big web in the state of win in the state of georgia for the republicans. The giants had a win. Finally. Finally. Is it selfie day. Yes. I was never a fan but i have started taking them. Why would you want to take a picture. He is going to do it but he has to pull out the camera. There you go, sal. Today is one of those days where you see the micro climate in the bay area. Uhhuh. Theres a live picture of the Golden Gate Bridge. Thats kind of how i felt this morning when i had the windows open. Lucky enough to get the breeze through the house. I want to be on the left. Me too. On the right, expect more of those recordbreaking temperatures. Maybe not a record today but it will definitely be hot out in the east bay. Lets check in right now with Steve Paulson to no. Were going to were going to leigh. When it is this hot, everybody ha
For sanctuary cities. Reporter local leaders say they are disappointed with the passage of this bill. The bill cuts grants from the Justice Department and Homeland Security and the concern is a lot of money and he could endanger lives. With a vote of 228 295 the house of representatives made it tougher for socalled sanctuary cities like san jose to protect undocumented increments immigrants. I am not surprised. We will do what we have been doing. Reporter the bill would let the federal government strip money that have policies preventing cooperation with federal immigration officials. Opponents say the bill asked local jurisdictions to retain without due process of violating the constitution using local resources to carry out the look work of local agents. We will police the same way we have for decades. Reporter it is not clear what federal dollars could be withheld. San jose will not lose significant funding Santa Clara County could. Where it will be significant is of the they decide
Health care. Tonight, protesters led by the new dnc chair tom perez gathered outside the white house to oppose the president s revised immigration order. Schools in alexandria are going to have to close later this week because of a protest inspired by the womens march on washington. And people in rockville came out to debate whether to become a socalled sanctuary city. Lets begin with news4s chris lawrence, at the live desk with the gops plan to replace the Affordable Care act. Chris . Yeah, were getting some new reaction, jim, to House Republicans plan. They will hold a News Conference tomorrow morning to lay out the details. But here is basically what weve learned so far. The two bills that are working their way through the house would repeal the fine for people who dont buy health insurance. But it would still impose a 30 surcharge if you have a gap in coverage. And to buy insurance, the legislation gives people tax credits of 2 to 4,000 based on their age. But it 75,000. Four repub