Mike, you alluded to this earlier. Firefighters say they are essentially tapped out of resources and there is no more help and were waiting for out of state resources to come. I dont know when was the last time i heard that. We heard the governor say were getting help from arizona, texas, nevada but that doesnt happen. They wont be here in five hours. In the meantime, firefighters here and i was referring to marine county fire asking for air support and they were told sorry, you guys are on your own. Youre not priority right now because there are close to 400 fires in california. It is a terrible situation right now, a dangerous situation. People are running for their lives up and down california and including in the bay area we have to cross our fingers and thank the firefighters for what they are doing and when the Sheriffs Office says get out, it is time to get out. We watched the News Conference live here yesterdid say there a more than 360 fires burning up and down california and
20 counties in looting alameda, santa clara, and contra costa county. The acronyms at the beginning of the names where each fire, were tasked with fighting the wildfires. Lm you is the sonoma lake napa unit. Scu is the santa clara unit. And cz use the san Mateo Santa Clara unit. We have Live Team Coverage for you this afternoon, we are monitoring the lm you lightning complex in solano counties. Mark tamayo tracking the air quality around the bay area and the fire conditions. We want to go to jesse gary with more of the mandatory evacuations under place for the ccu fire which is burned more than 40,000 acres. 0 contained in thousands of people forced into evacuation shelters. Because of that they want to open more evacuation centers. We are standing outside the Civic Auditorium in downtown santa cruz which is one of two sites currently open. But ive just been told that a third is opening. Officials here in Santa Cruz County will open the Seventh Day Adventist parking lot on san jose soc
Two agendas. This election will decide whether we save the American Dream or whether we allow a socialist agenda to demolish our cherished destiny. The president tonight condemning democrats and painting a bleak picture of a biting presidency, saying that no one would be safe and joe biden would quote, demolish the suburbs and take away guns. The president s speech hit all his familiar themes. He said he is ready to write the next chapter of the Great American story, pledging to create 10 million jobs in 10 months and restore the nations prominence as the worlds greatest superpower. Ktvu political reporter quickly is here and both parties have had their conventions and we are 67 days away now from the election. Reporter good evening, President Trump and other speakers tonight created an image of any phonetic restaurants. While its clear both these parties dont agree and a lot both nominees stressed how important the selection is. On the south lawn of the white house resident donald tru
Public Health Officials are trying to get the word out here. To be vigilant, keep the masks on, continue to social distance. Allie joins us this afternoon to explain why some popular spots will be closed this coming Labor Day Weekend. Reporter in the past, in previous years whenever you had triple digit temperatures inland and a three day weekend it usually means people flock to local beaches. This year, with covid19 still an issue, Public Officials are trying to change the trend. The Public Safety message make your labor day plans local, limited to your family to prevent the spread of covid19. All regions are closed this weekend. If we have our beaches 250, 300 people, we are in some serious issues. Reporter hiking trails of the pacific will remain open, still were beaches in Half Moon Bay. In santa cruz most beaches and state parks are closed. The idea behind the partial closure was to discourage out oftowners to get smaller locals a place to escape the heat. The daytime closure will
Danger. Tom vacar has the latest on what might catch us by surprise. Every time we have an extreme power or extreme heat event, power issues are very likely to arise. We understand that. But thats especially true when coming off a recently very high one. Pg e says in the greater bay region there is no immediate likelihood of a psps event over the hot weekend. A key element for a psps would be a National Weather service declared red flag warning, which the Weather Service said is unlikely over the weekend. But if any wildfire threatens to short out or topple power lines, that could force localized power shutoffs, and in extreme heat, Power Equipment can and does fail, especially sunday and monday. With these tripledigit temperatures, there could be some heatrelated outages in the areas where its 100 degrees or more for a long period of time. So we want our customers to be prepared. Reporter pg e have some cooling centers over the weekend where wanted. These centers will take covid19 rul