San jose and 75 in oakland and 68 for San Francisco. So right around where we should be for this time of year. With offshore winds kicking foweekend, and to early next week, we have critical fire weather conditions. A red flag warning is now in effect as we look to saturday 9 00 p. M. Until monday at 8 00 a. M. For the north bay mountains and east bay hills and valleys due to gusts up to 35 to 50 Miles Per Hour. And low relative humidity values. You will be watching this very closely for you as we head into the weekend. Now lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic on this friday morning. Hey, good morning. Taking a look at the roadways, its still pretty slow into the Altamont Pass, we starun right at grant line. All lanes are now open. But a bit of backup continues out of tracy. Heading into the area. Plus theres a wind advisory in effect. So extra careful as you are traveling through there. The drive times though looking at lot better. 39 minutes now to go from 205 over to 680.
Mallicoat joins us to take a look and take a deeper dive into the numbers. The numbers are very strong. Nearly 2 as you mentioned. Unemployment went from 13. 2 in july and it dropped 11. 4 in the month of august. California added nearly 100 2000 jobs as well. Of course, all welcome news for what is the 5th largest economy in the world. California near the nation. The u. S. Unemployment rate dropped 1. 8 that month. Now at 8. 4 overall. Californias dropped. The numbers can be former edd director and labor attorney Michael Birbeck says california still has a lot of work today. Todays numbers are really not consistent with all the other Economic Indicators we are seeing. In terms of the new yesterday. California was way above those of the National Rate in terms of consumer spending. Way down in the bay area compared to other parts of the nation. In terms of job postings, here in california, way below what we had in january and below the other parts of the nation. He points to urban areas
Tonight generators across the state are on full blast as at least half a Million People are without electricity due to the fire danger. Smoky skies and high fire danger. Ill let you know when you can expect a change coming up. A possible setback in the race for a vaccine. The astrazeneca trials are on hold after a volunteer became ill. What this means for the bay area trials which were about to begin. South bay Business Owners find ways to reopen indoors, but they know that opportunity could slam shut again. Abc 7 news starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Tonight across the tales of harrowing escapes from ravaging wildfires. Skies darken. Thousands face another night without electricity. Power shut off to prevent park sparking any new fires. More than 167,000 pg e customers in fact in 21 counties are still without power. This map shows the current Public Safety power shutoffs. Theyre indicated by upside down purple triangles. An
Know. J. R. Stone is in calistoga where entire neighborhoods are still in the dark tonight. Reporter complete darkness along these neighborhood streets on the western id of calistoga, a city where 40 of the people are without electricity and that includes tv. Tough for youngsters. Its hard, really hard. Reporter taylor may only be 6 but this is not the first time her family has lost power due to fire dangers. Now, though, they have a small generator that powers only the most essential items. I can only watch stuff on my ipad if its charged. If its charged. Have you been charging it . No. Because our charger doesnt work. Reporter across the state at least half a Million People are in the same situation. Dealing with Public Safety power shutoffs over fears of power lines falling and sparking a fire. You realize how much you depend on electricity when this happens. Reporter in calistoga you can hear the hum of generateors in neighborhoods. Winds are expected to pick up. Calistoga mayor ch
But, especially the one coming in on sunday. So, well focus on today, embrace it, because it will be taylor within 40 seconds of nice and cool today. We have another big fog bank in arrival. Place. I just stepped out, pretty good rescuers say he did not wait for backup to arrive. Onshore wind and low clouds and he shocked taylor with a taser fog will make for a nice day, and there you go. And shot him in the chest. Sfo, 50s, on the temps, protests have been staged everyone has cloudy skies again, 56 to 61. Outside the walmart to press charges. Being black, homeless, with temperatures are running about mental issues, should not be a 3 degrees cooler than expected. Death sentence. And that is exactly what it was easy, sunshine, once the fog for Steven Taylor. Burns back. This will be the last day, and connect the officer should have it will start burning off been thinking what can i do to sooner, starting tomorrow. Deescalate the situation, look for temperatures to billy instead of getti