On cbs this morning. His new plan to keep passengers happy and what the airline is doing to help hurricane victims. But we begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The governor of puerto rico is so thankful for the great job that were doing. And its the most difficult job because its on the island, its on an island in the middle of the ocean. The president defends his response to Hurricane Maria. The president has called, has pledged his support. Steve bannons candidate emerges victorious over President Trumps choice in the Republican Senate Runoff Election in alabama. North korea is readying for war, coming as President Trump ups the rhetorical ante. It will be devastating, i can tell you that, devastating for north korea. Thats called the military action. A scandal rocks College Basketball. Four coaches among ten people charged in a bribery case. Theres jail time people could be facing here and this is now big. California fire crews are making progress on a m
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
Check in with jr stone live in livermore where at one point nearly 5thousand people were without power. Jr . steve alright turning now to our chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp. pam brittney this heat wave is not letting up yet. This intense heat will be with us for the days ahead. Right . More very warm to hot weather can be expected through at least thursday. Therefore, a heat advisory remains in effect for most locations away from the coast through thursday. Interior north and east bay has been upgraded to a heat warning for thursday. More substantial cooling is then expected from friday into the upcoming weekend. pam a power alert still in effect statewide tonight. A flex alert calls for voluntary conservation. Due to high demand of electricity. Power officials are asking people to avoid using major appliances between 2 pm and 9 pm. Today and tomorrow. They are also asking people to set air conditioners to 78 degrees or higher. It is all an attempt to ease the strain on the states
Zbliefrmt good teamwork. Excellent response. Abc 7 news. A witness praises rescue crews who rushed to save three boaters who went overboard in the rough waters on the bay. Good evening. Im kate larson in for eric thomas. Rescue crews were able to save a child and two adults who went overboard when their boat capsized. All three are now at stanford hospital, and thats where abc 7 News Reporter Lonnie Riviera is live tonight with the story youll only see on abc 7. Lonnie. Reporter yes, kate. Were hearing that they launched the boat from fremont. Were also hearing it was two adults and one child. All of them brought here, treated for hypothermia. Theyre going to be okay, were hearing, but theyre being checked out for any further injuries. A coast guard chopper lifted one boater who was stranded in the choppy, chilly bay water near Cooley Landing in East Palo Alto. Once it landed, one victim gave officials a thumbs up. Menlo park fire and other emergency officials responded to the call sat