Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Did you see it or hear it . Thunder and lightning here in San Francisco and across the bay area. Rumbling in the north bay,va, p widespread wildfires. Flashing across the night sky in the east bay, lighting up the oakland skyline. Streaking across the south bay where its blamed for sparking on apartment fire. As someone who grew up on midwestern thunderstorms, it was both intense and unusual here. Yeah, eric. You got that right. Abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma joining us now. Right away with what to expect because, drew, this has been wild weekend of weather. Yeah. Certainly this morning is a morning a lot of us are not going to forget anytime soon. Hundreds of lightning strikes lighting up the morning sky earlier today. Live doppler 7 along with satellite showing you the bay area was basically the bullseye for all of the storm activity. Right now the current lightning strikes are in the sierra. But what is h
South. It is applying a lot of moisture and sending it to Northern California. When it interacts with the heat, it creates the thunderstorms and that will likely happen again overnight tonight. The red flag warning does continue until early tomorrow morning for the threat of more. Well go hour by hour and show you the best chance of finding the storms tomorrow and the heat wave continuing. All right, thanks. Now to developing news on all the problems caused by that severe storm. It knocked out power to thousands. But first to the fires including this one in san jose. Fire crews say line started a fire at a sixunit apartment compx. One person was burned out but no one was hurt. Abc7 News Reporter cornell bernard where there was a grass fire. One has now grown to 300 acres. A fierce summer storm packed a punch overnight bringing this. A nonstop line show to all parts of the bay area. Amazing to see but firefighters say all that lightning combined with extreme heat sparked multiple fires.
Heavier. So that is more than likely send thoif indications on any reaching the ground. Power outages or other breaking and you can see just off the news as it happens. Happening today, we expect coast, this is a rapidly forming governor newsollpowim ekal tut t thunderstorm, those six or seven waveovid1 lightning bolts within just the last few minutes. So our action is igniting a ind mi ancht live here and ool throughout the morning. These will stay off the shore and head more towards the north also on our website and app. Education is one of the five bay, but more is developing south and they could roam off key areas that were focusing on as we work to build a better bay into other parts of the bay. Area and this week thousands will start the new school year but it is definitely near the with distance learning. Coast in the north bay that has the best chance of those showers the San Francisco unified school and thunderstorms today. District will have its first all of us will be hot on
Today to receive testimonies on oversight of i. C. E. Since are they doing enough. Good afternoon. We should discuss the enforcements and detention his abilities and both of dhs is doing enough to enter i. C. E. His own detention standards are being met. Before we start, lets take those moment to acknowledge some of the challenges the subcommittee had in arranging todays hearing. Or holding two channels this afternoon because i. C. E. Declined to sit on the same panel with the contractor. For the purpose and lack of cooperation makes it more challenging for congress to do his job. The meeting with dhs leaders, is important to the subcommittee to bring everyones voices together. That is how we can best identify challenges and find ways to solve them. This issue is particularly important to me as to advices facilities, detained towards a part of 1300 migrants in my home district. I have visited these facilities. I have concerns about some of the conditions of confinement. Im not alone in
Subcommittee had in arraigning todays hearing arranging todays hearing. I. C. E. Declined to sit on the same panel with knack mote toe nakamoto, the contractor it chose. The departments lack of cooperation makes it more challenging for congress to do its job. At a meeting with dhs leaders, its important to the subcommittee to bring everyones voices together. Thats how we can best identify challenges and find ways to solve them. This issue is particularly important to me as two of i. C. E. s facilities detain upwards of 1300 migrants from in my home district. I visited these facilities, and i have concerns about some of the conditions of confinement. And im not alone in having these concerns. Dhss own office of Inspector General last year found these processes for oversight and con finement were insufficient to stay compliance with i. C. E. s own standards. It might be that inspectors are set up to fail. For example, i. C. E. Has a contractor who is responsible for evaluating compliance