A couple of thunderstorms between midnight and 2 00 in the morning. You can see it on the satellite radar. Nicking the east bay and the north bay. And we still have heat through thursday night. Encampussing just about the entire bay area. Temperatures inland over 100 all the way through thursday. 103 in pleasanton. And in the 90s in san jose today. And 100 in morgan hill. 96 in santa rosa. And 100 in occidental and guerneville. Well talk more about the heat wave as the temperatures stay pretty much on the hot side each and every day. Pg e is working overtime. Jessica flores is live in livermore with the very latest on pg es hard work restoring power to thousands of people. Reporter thats right, roberta. Thousands of people were without power yesterday. And today, 2000 still without power. Around 4 30 p. M. Yesterday, about 5000 people lost their power during the height of the heat at 106. Its going to be 102 today. And 40,000 households were without power across the bay area yesterday.
That fire is still smoldering hours after it first broke out. Jessica flores shows us how fire crews are working to contain it. Reporter just after 4 a. M. The massive pile of mulch started burning near the lake herman exit. Firefighters from surrounding communities descended on the scene. Crews used bulldozers and worked to contain the blaze which likely started due to spontaneous combustion. The mulch and compost sitting through in the heat. A mulch fire two years ago was in the same location and it took eight hours to put it out. It could take five or six hours. And we have to make sure its cold to the touch so we dont get a rekindle and have to come back later tonight. Reporter fire crews are concerned about the wind and the embers flying over the street into the marsh, sparking fires there. It starts over there, well put guys on it. But the goal is to keep it out of the marsh. Reporter fire crews stomped out hot spots. In cordelia, jessica flores, kpix 5 news. Roberta gonzales has
Good evening, i now at 11 00 triple digit temperatures, buckling sidewalks and a call to conserve electricity. Good evening. Im allen martin. Im elizabeth cook. First lets go to Brian Hackney with coverage on the heatwave. Weve see this graphic time and time again, a heat advisory posted throughout the bay area not to be lifted till thursday as High Pressure sparks across the west coast giving us highs not quite as warm as today, but theres more on the way. Temps remain 100 degrees inland and coast remains cool with highs in the mid60s. Temperatures will drop inland but not until it gets warmer again because a High Pressure system rebuilds. Well have the details when we cover the forecast in a few minutes. Brian, thank you. Christin ayers is in moraga where a grassfire broke out near a school. Reporter yeah, guys. Temperatures have cooled off tonight. Firefighters were able to quickly get a handle on that fire, but they say these soaring temperatures could mean more fires like this. Th
Good evening, i now at 11 00 triple digit temperatures, buckling sidewalks and a call to conserve electricity. Good evening. Im allen martin. Im elizabeth cook. First lets go to Brian Hackney with coverage on the heatwave. Weve see this graphic time and time again, a heat advisory posted throughout the bay area not to be lifted till thursday as High Pressure sparks across the west coast giving us highs not quite as warm as today, but theres more on the way. Temps remain 100 degrees inland and coast remains cool with highs in the mid60s. Temperatures will drop inland but not until it gets warmer again because a High Pressure system rebuilds. Well have the details when we cover the forecast in a few minutes. Brian, thank you. Christin ayers is in moraga where a grassfire broke out near a school. Reporter yeah, guys. Temperatures have cooled off tonight. Firefighters were able to quickly get a handle on that fire, but they say these soaring temperatures could mean more fires like this. Th
Police say a was a voluntary volatile custody situation. We have a new details from deborah live at the scene where the horrible discovery was made this morning. Reporter a six yearold girl and a boy almost 2. Police will not say how they died. Questions have surfaced if it mightve been saved to. Im not sure what was going to his mind. Reporter jessica says that she is the sister of alvaro camara. He hung himself after killing his two kids. He had the children of his apartment on fathers day. He came to the scene monday and still absorbing what her brother did. It just caught all of us by surprise. It is very tragic. We are unsure why he would do such a thing. Reporter neighbors often saw the kids with him after he moved in a few months ago. He was grade. He had the kids and would take him to the park. You dont know about people. It is absolute tragedy to see two Young Children lose their lives in a child custody dispute. Reporter the detectives are working on a timeline and what trigg