Buying driving up the average price. Today in the bay starts right now. Good Tuesday Morning to you. Thank you for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Another chilly start across the bay area. Mike has the commute, but lets start with the weather. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that. I brought my big coat today. Yeah, we all need all of the heavy winter gear with these kinds of temperatures settling into the bay area. Were going to see more warnimos like this so wed better get used to it. A chance of rain late thursday, on and off showers friday and saturday. But, of course, the big story this morning will be the freeze warnings that we have especially in parts of the north bay. This continues until 9 00 especially for a lot of our north bay valleys. Were feeling some of the coolest temperatures dipping back into the mid20s. Well talk more about this coming up in a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking for the Early Morning commute . Kari, the Speed Sensors
Some paurtds of the marine layer will undercut a lot of smoke today and try to keep us in healthy air. And keep our temperatures in the 60s, 70s and 80s. Happening right now thousands of pg e customers are the dark thi might not be on until tonight. Look at the outage map. Pg e cut the power in nearly two dozen counties bause of the high fire danger. Purple k5i9indicates the Public Safety power shutoffs. Yoristoga say it was necessary because of the high winds. At one point, there were half a Million People in the dark stat restore power once the sun com high winds and dangerous heat flames. And listen to this number so far this year wildfires have burned about 2. And when we care to the same time last year we are looking at 118,000 acres. What a difference. Yesterday, Governor Newsom said he has had it with people who deny Climate Change. I have nopatience and i say this lovingly, as someone who prides himself being open to argument but i quite literally have no patience for Climate C
Happening right now, thousands of pg e customers are still in the dark this morning. And the power might not be back on until tonight. So here is a look at the outage map. Pg e cut the power in nearly two dozen counties across the state, august because of the high fire danger. The purple triangles indicate those Public Safety power shutoffs. Calistoga is one place that is impacted. The mayor says the shutoff was a necessary step because of the threat of high winds. At one point, there were half a Million People in the dark statewide. Crews will be working to restore power once the sun comes up. High winds and dangerous heat are making it difficult for firefighters battling dozens of fires across california right now. And i really want you to Pay Attention to this number. So far wildfires have burned about 2. 3 million acres in comparison to this same time last year. And this same time last year, just during a press conference yesterday, Governor Newsom said that he has had it with Clim
Cases spike this week. I mean, it is people are over it. Lets talk about what is going on weatherwise and well get back to that topic. Here is a look at live doppler 7. The thickest marine layer clouds and most widespread are over the ocean, but we do have a few clouds along the east bay shore and in the north bay and along the peninsula coast also. Nothing too thick right now, but you can definitely see the haze in the air. Well be in the 60s along the coast. 71 to 77 as the breezes kick in before noon keeping us 73 to 84. So up to 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. Happening now, evacuations in place for parts of Santa Clara County as a fire continues to burn near gilroy. So this is the affected area of the crews road near oak Spring Circle. Flames broke out yesterday afternoon and quickly grew out of control. At least 1500 acres have already burned and that fire is only 15 contained. Mandatory evacuation orders are in effect for people along canada road and highway 152. Evacuation ce
Having a disproportionately negative effect on the africanamerican population, and then there are so many reminders of the pandemic of racism. And i think the incident in minneapolis and what was the straw that breaks the camels back. Reporter add all of that to the hurt and anger after the killings of trayvon martin, philando castille, sandra bland, all leading to outrage in the streets. Talking about what happened to people like sean bell, eric garner. Reporter this time the protest and outrage isnt just marching through black and brown communities, and their faces look like all corners of america. Theyre on main street, outside the white house. These americans are forcing the tough conversations, and its not always easy to watch. I certainly think that theres some awakening happening within segments that White America that perhaps have hit the Snooze Button on previous incidents. We saw eric garner and we hit the Snooze Button. Philando castille, we hit the Snooze Button. Its sort o