Spare the air days. This is completely unusual. This is not something usual. I have never experienced anything like this. That was aaron richardson, a spokesperson for the bay area Quality Management district. He went to urge people to stay inside as much as possible when air quality levels reach the very unhealthy level. We talked to some local Hardware Stores who say air purifiers are flying off the shelves. We sold out of them very quickly and have not been able to get any out of the warehouse. We have almost sold out. We have at this location when left. We are expecting more on monday and tuesday. Lets bring in meteorologist mark tamayo with more on the air quality. The question everyone is looking for is if there is any relief in sight from the unhealthy air. We may have to wait a little bit but we were starting to see some changes showing up on the weather map as we head into as early as sunday but a better bet into the early portion of next week for monday, tuesday and into wedn
Winds now begin to relax in the north bay, not as windy as yesterday that means wildfire smoke from both the august and north complexes in northern called california. Still going make its way our direction but not near as much of it is yesterday still some pockets of pretty bad air both in the east bay and in upper elevations on the peninsula and still under red flag warning for most of the east bay as well as north bay all the way through 08 00pm tonight as low humidity, warm conditions and still breezy conditions exist as far as temperatures go were in the 50s annice mild cool start to the morning really hopefully get a chance to get out there and enjoy our cooler temperatures, im going to be talking more and more of that cooler weather ahead near forecast back to you. The breaking news tmorning, n in plumas imbue counties because of this. Fire. The mayor fly fire. Its not new. But it just they asked laird of overnight. It has already burned more than 8300 acres being struck off fiel
Anguish will prevent another family from feeling the same kind of pain. Welcome everyone tonight, im heather holmes. And im frank somerville. The warning comes out of a long Holiday Weekend. Temperatures over 100 degrees are expected to bring a lot of people to bay area beaches. New at 10 00, tran once amber lee is in Santa Cruz County where beach hazards can prove to be deadly. Reporter with the Holiday Weekend coming, mom wants to warn others about the potential dangers at the beach. She tells me her daughters trip started with a visit here at the Santa Cruz Beach boardwalk, before she headed north to another beach. The promise of a beautiful sunset here at Panther Beach in Santa Cruz County drew her for the first time here in july. It would turn out to be her last time. Sometimes its like im living in someone elses world. You know you cannot believe that this is happened. Its like sheer devastation. Reporter she describes the void that is now her life without her 19yearold daughter.
There is too much warm air, it is down on the deck. There is reduced visibility and miss drizzle around oakland. Santa rosa has a halfmile of his ability. Reduced visibility is showing up. The fog will burn off. 5559. Santa rosa is a location with fog, warmer for most. On the immediate custody will not be, but the low clouds have fog. Warmer temperatures today. Sunny for all as temperatures make the move. Near average to a little bit above for today. Lets get over to sal, it is friday morning and he will be telling us to this time that we have better news . Yes, northbound traffic is moving along pretty well. As you drive past to the coliseum, it was slow. They are picking up roadwork in the fruitvale area. When you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, it is light. Usually it starts aslant 6 00 but it is a friday. Lets go back to the headlines. We are in for a hot and smoky bay area weekend. The operator of the power grid has issued a flex alert, asking us to conserve energy. This comes a
Especially the closer you are to the coast and up 101 where visibilities are less than a quarter of a mile. And there is no wind to turn over the atmosphere and make the smog go away. Dont expect to see the sunshine today. Take a look at these two videos shot. On the left, you see august 21. On the right, you see what happened yesterday. As the cameras pan on a clear day, you can see all the way to twin peaks. Now you can barely see in front of you. Julian glover is live in san jose. Reporter good morning. Yeah, an issue out here in the south bay as well. And on that 25th consecutive spare the air day, nighmight mi as well call it spare the air month right now. We really want to show you the difference a day makes. Look at the video, on wednesday the day the sunrise looked more like the sunset, the eerie orange and yellow skies. It trapped the wildfire smoke over the bay area protecting some of the air quality. And then thursday, you can see the skyline disappearing and the thick gray