So looking at a few more thunderstorms and with that, the Lightning Strikes which is the reason why red flag warning remains in ef0 orct ffe today. Lightning strikes could lead to fire starts. We had about 50 fires that started because of lightning over the weekend. And the excessive heat warning and heat advisory that remains in effect for the bay area, because of the dangerous heat, that is all the way through wednesday nine a clock p. M. As we are going to see temperatures soar once again. We are looking at 17, triple digit in concord, 103 in santa rosa. Into the 80s around the bay. I will show you the future cast hour by hour coming up in a few minutes. Back to you. This morning a brush fire burning in the south bay has tribute triggered evacuations outside milpitas. Lets get to kiet do who joins us live from Santa Clara County with the latest on this. Reporter good morning. Ife ar a alongcas ro couple of miles south of 680 around the area of reservoir. We can see orange flames and
Streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our exclusive salesforce tow camera. As we look out south on this friday morning. And brace yourselves, it is going to be a hot one. Good morning everyone, it is friday, august 14th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. Good morning to you, lets go straight to mary lee with the check of the weather and those extreme heat warnings. Mary, good morning. Good morning to you len and hi shell. Thats right. Were going to see those temperatures soar this afternoon. And in fact, today, the hottest day of the week. And in fact well see some of the hottest temperatures that weve seen so far this summer. So get ready for that. Please try to do what you can to stay safe and cool in this heat. All right, heres a live look with our sutro camera and check out our temperatures this morning. It is already a warm start to our day. 50s and 60s and 70s this morning. 73 in concord right now and 70 in oakland and 74 in livermore and 63 in San Francisco. M
Accuweather sevenday forecast. Heres reggie. Thanks, mike. All this week abc7 news taking a closer look at education and how School Districts are handling going back to school. The San Jose Unified School district says teachers will be required to actually teach from inside the classroom even though no one else will be in that classroom. Abc7 News Reporter Julian Glover is live with the details on this one. Julian. Boy, good morning, reggie. A big blow to the 1,600 teachers that teach in the San Jose Unified School district. They will not be given the option. They will be required to teach from inside their empty classrooms with their students continuing to learn remotely at home. This is the only district within the entire state of california opting for this requirement. The School District and Teachers Union announced the agreement late monday. Now at a recent school board meeting, the district superintendent Steven Mcmahon said teachers from teaching inside the classroom will give t
Explosive material was being stored. Lebanon is struggling through a severe economic crisis and rising tensions with israel. We are continuing to track the latest number of coronavirus cases in california. According to Johns Hopkins there are more than 200, excuse me, 521,000 cases. There are more than 9500 deaths statewide. In the bay area more than 56,000 cases and nearly 850 deaths. California health and Human Services secretary is giving an up date. Lets go ahead and listen in. We are privileged to have her as one of our newest state employees. She is a pediatrician by training and an Infectious Disease specialist and former local health officer. With that, dr. Pot . Good afternoon. Thank you very much for that wonderful introduction. It is an honor and pleasure to be here with you. I wanted to give more details about the process we issued yesterday. A couple of weeks ago we reissued a reopening framework for schools in california. We did say that counties on our monitoring list sh
On the covid19 monitoring list. I dont think a waiver is appropriate given the rate of transmission and the number of cases. Reporter david howard is a parent of School Age Children in mill valley. He is planning to protest along with the Teachers Association tonight. You get a bunch of kids in a classroom with stagnant air. Thats a petrie dish to spread the virus. Reporter a marin county spokesperson said no ma ridge county schools have applied for the waiver yet because a specific application will not be dribbled until this friday. The California Department of Public Health recommends that schools within jurisdictions with 14day case rates, more than two times the threshold to be on the county monitoring, should not be considered for a waiver to reopen in person instruction. California state epidemiologist dr. Erica they need to be consulting with their local communities which may include staff, parent organizations, we want this to be a close contact in the community. In an email, t