She was here with her seven children. Two were adopted from haiti, one has special needs. It is beyond the personal side of this that attracts her to the republicans and the president. They are very happy with her views on gun rights, abortion, and of course, on immigration. I stand before you today to fulfill one of my highest and most important duties. Reporter President Donald Trump announcing who he hopes will be the next Supreme Court justice. She is a woman of unparalleled achievement, towering intellect, sterile in credentials, and unyielding loyalty to the constitution. Reporter his pick, Amy Coney Barrett, a 48yearold appellate judge and notre dame law professor. She is a conservative mother of seven. If confirmed, barrett would be the fifth woman to sit on the Supreme Court. If the senate does me the honor of confirming me, i pledged to discharge the responsibilities of this job to the very best of my ability. Reporter the nomination comes amid strong backlash from democrats
Strike teams operation provide an opportunity to deliver on the governors vision of systems that prioritize the customers experience, informed by data and great expertise. Though nelson is skeptical despite e. D. D. Trying to fix the broken system. I hope they do. Id like to get a phone call to get this squared away. Im sure people would like to get their money out of them. That was ryan hill reporting. Meanwhile, legislation just hit the governors desk that would force the state to follow its own rules about putting sensitive personal information on those employment checks. Well have that story coming up later in the news. New at 6 00, a popular south bay recreation spot is counting down to a closure. Anderson reservoir is about to get an upgrade. And while there is clearly a need for, kpix 5s john ramos reports some are shocked by how long it will be off limits. A lot of people from the south bay grew up playing here at Anderson Reservoir and theyre going to grow up a whole lot more
Yesterday was. We were well into the low 100s for many inland locations like concorde. 72 degrees right now. We have a big head start for the hottest day of this Holiday Weekend. It is 68 in San Francisco. 71 in san jose. Here is that general look at daytime highs. 109, and lend. 94 for the day and 86 at the beaches. And it will be mid to upper 80s on the sand. Let me pull up the records. This will drive the point home on todays heat. I will call out livermore, concorde, santa rosa, san jose, oakland and San Francisco. You are the representative spots around the bay area. Ill show you everybodys forecast. I will use these as the example for how close or how far above records we will be today. I will pull out and colorcode the record rickers. Livermore, concorde, san jose, all of you records. Oakland and San Francisco, even though we come in one degree of the record, it will be really hot. Anytime you hear the temperature in the 90s in the city of San Francisco, you know it is a fairly
Studios, this is kpix 5 news. The concer over the Labor Day Weekend and can the power grid keep up with demand. We have a plan to prevent you from losing power. Heating up and places to cool down with temperatures rising, which area beaches are open. Allowing nursing home visits again. Good morning. It is saturday, september 5th. I am emily turner. I am devin fehely and lets check on the temperatures with meteorologist darren peck. I look forward in the forecast for you to tell me which beaches i can go to this weekend. That is because it will be hot with a heat wave today through monday. Heres a live look outside from the roof toward the bay bridge. Right now not impressive with numbers in the low 60s where we all live here in the marine layer. In the hills of the bay area believe it or not it is 80 degrees at some higher peaks right now at 6 00 in the morning. That tells us a lot about that warm air mass coming to stay. We will feel that throughout today and really tomorrow, and also
The wildfires continue to expand across the bay area with the level of destruction growing. Some firefighting crews are facing added danger with residents that are refusing to move. If youre in the area and dont need to be there, please leave. Tens of thousands of homes in danger in the north bay with one fire in particular posing the biggest threat. The fires in the area creating other setbacks for struggling bay area business. It is 6 00 on this saturday, august 22nd. Good morning. I am emily turner. I am devin fehely and lets get to our meteorologist darren peck. We have smoke and hazy skies. The colors are pretty but weki unhealthy air quality bay area wide. The te prettwarm for this time of the day. Typical 57 in San Francisco with marine layer along the coast. We have to shift the focus from talking about temperatures as we zero in on the airquality. Look at all the orange and red dots on your screen right now. That tells you it is unhealthy for sensitive groups, and flat out unh