Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from Solano County right now as you can see unfortunately, a house on fire. New evacuation orders just issued as numerous wildfires burn in several bay area counties this morning. Good morning everyone, its wednesday, august 19th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. This morning, wildfires rning in several locations across the area. Are forcing more evacuations. And blackening the bay area with unhealthy air. All the details on the fires in just a moment. But first straight to mary lee for all the latest on the heat and the air quality. Yeah, len and michelle, firefighters will be up against the heat once again. So extreme heat continues. We are not done yet with our heat wave. Looking at excessive heat warnings that remain in effect today due to the dangerous heat. Now lets show you our temperatures. So looking at mid 70s in San Francisco. 83 in oakland and mid 90s in san jose and 102 for concord. So 8 to 15 deg
The east Bay Department of weather is what were going to call it. Ive got socks and slippers on this morning. Its kind of chilly in the house this kind of morning. I have to adjust the thermostat back to me being up at this time. Lets talk about what is going on. Hi, everybody. Trying to do social distancing the best we can. Thanks for bearing with us. Heres a look at the freezeern wai warning up in lake and mendocino counties. Keep everything protected and save it from these freezing temperatures. Were starting to reach our coolest levels and well get there in about an hour or so and already freezing in napa, calistoga and ronard park. Upper temperatures upper 30s to upper 40s. Not as code cold as up there. San jose under a partly cloudy sky and temperatures in the mid50s at noon and increasing high clouds that will keep us in the upper 50s by 4 00. At least dry all day today and low 50s if youre heading out at 7 00. All right, thank you, mike. Stay at home or at least stay local, tha
Additional 1500 ventilators. We can do some macgyver like things to expand Ventilator Capacity but those moves have very dangerous such as having two patients on one ventilator for example. Or the other sad reality is for doctors to have to make choices that we never wanted to make, which is which of these two patients has a better chance. Thats a nightmare scenario. Reporter in the east bay today, Health Care Workers outside oaklands high land hospital demanded the board of supervisors take over the system over claims of mismanagement. I have a patient that possibly has covid19. I need gloves. Why do i have to go back to my Managers Office and sign a piece of paper to get gloved . Reporter in the south bay, an e. R. Nurse at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center says despite what officials have said, the shortage of personal protective equipment is a frightening reality for Health Care Workers on the front line. Its taking tremendous emotional toll on our nurses and front line workers. Tw
Highlights and who struggled to gather attention. And good friday morning to you all. We start with the highs, the lows and, yes, the blows of the first republican debate. 10 of the 17 candidates taking center stage in cleveland, ohio, the same venue that will hold the 2016 Republican National convention. And as expected, it was donald trump grabbing the most headlines. The billionaire was as animated and outspoken as ever pointing fingers, attacking rivals and even sparring with the moderators. Abcs bazi kanani is live in washington. Bazi, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, reena. Good morning, t. J. Donald trump was himself as promised, blunt and bold, and he faced few direct challenges from the other candidates who were hoping not to give him any more air time. Donald trump emerges from the debate gloating. I really enjoyed the evening. Reporter right from the start, a jolting warning from trump, the only candidate refusing to promise not to run as an independent if denied
Officers fatally shot the man during a traffic stop. Its unclear whether that man opened fire as well. Our media partner the mercury news reports this is the eighth officer involved shooting of the year in san jose. This morning a woman is warning others after a terrible fall down a cliff. The rock just crumbled. Take a look at this. A drone caught the tumble on camera yesterday. The Santa Cruz County Sheriffs Department released this video and said its a miracle she wasnt seriously hurt. It happened on labor day on Seven Mile Beach between davenport and santa cruz. Abc 7 News Reporter Katie Marzullo spoke to the woman in a story youll only see on abc 7 news. Reporter a drone pilot didnt realize until later that day what he had captured on video. A woman falling down a cliff to the rocks below. Here she is two weeks later, teaching tae kwon do in san jose. Im realizing how lucky i am. Reporter ruri kobayakawa was at the beach with friends when she decided to climb the cliff. When i rea