50 miles an hour. That means we could see fires. If we see them, they could spread rapidly. The strong winds this morning, throughout the day, and it looks like it wont be abating until midday tomorrow. So current wind gusts anywhere from 29 miles an hour in the Oakland Hills to 23 miles an hour up above the east bay hills. So weve got 40s and 50s, low 60s by noontime. The sun sets before 5 00. Brighter conditions, but it will still be breezy tonight, chris. Lisa, thank you. Firefighters across the bay area are on high alert this morning because of a rare red flag warning in december. A combination of strong winds, low humidity, and warm temperatures could quickly spread fires. The dangerous conditions are especially concerning for people who faced the north bay wildfires. Abc 7 reporter katie utehs has the story. Reporter firefighters are unpacking their wildfire gear after storing it for the season. Cal fire had ended the bay area fire season back in november. In my 25 years in the F
1,000 feet. North bay mountains in our east bay hills. So right now, the upper elevations continue to see winds from 20 to 32 miles an hour. And look at this snowy scene in the Sierra Nevada. They got about an inch of snow. And back home, well be looking at low 60s by noontime. High fire danger. Well be looking at some very gusty winds all day long. And it stays breezy tonight. Ill have a look at your sevenday outlook in just a few minutes, chris. Lisa, thank you. Firefighters across the bay area are on high alert this morning because of a rare red flag warning in december. A combination of strong winds, low humidity, and warm temperatures could quickly spread fires. As lisa mentioned, the dangerous conditions are especially concerning for people who faced the north bay wildfires just a couple of months ago. Abc 7 reporter katie utehs has the story. Reporter firefighters are unpacking their wildfire gear after storing it for the season. Cal fire had ended the bay area fire season back
Engulfed. Just got really hot really fast. The sky was red. It was beautiful but it was scary. Reporter burning embers rained down on nearby houses causing many spot fires. It looked like snow on fire. Felt like an apocalypse almost because they were all over the place. Reporter firefighters say the embers sparked this roof fire about two blocks away from the original scene. Mothers day weekend and its sad. Youre ruining peoples property. Reporter back at the main scene, it took firefighters more than an hour to bring the 5 alarm fire under control. All the neighbors suspect arson. This is the second time. This isnt by accident. Lightning dont strike twice, not in the same spot. Not the same complex. Somebody just dont want to see that building going up. Reporter construction worker cruz had the same suspicion. Its gone. Everything is gone. Everything that we did, its gone. Reporter he left the building around 3 30 yesterday afternoon. He says they already finished all 6 floors and put
How cool it is in santa rosa, 42 degrees, wow. Need a light jacket stepping out the door this morning, up to 53 San Francisco. Winds have been increasing, right now 14 San Francisco, 11 sfo, 10 in antioch, 14 in fairfield, winds will blow today 10 to 20, gusts about 30 miles per hour. Now, average high in San Francisco 64. Today we will struggle to hit 60. Temperature well above i would say 7 degrees below normal in redwood city, only in the mid60s. Pinpointing your forecast, 60s around the rim of the bay to the peninsula, and high 60s and a few low 70s away from the bay. Again, breezy winds, cooler conditions before a big warmup. We will talk about that 18 after the hour. Right now lets send it over to jacqueline. Good morning. And we are tracking somewhat slow ride for drivers headed along westbound 580, a live look, the headlights making their way in the westbound direction approaching 680. We are starting to see a few more brake lights pop up on our screen here if youre making your
Through 4 00 torch morning so we should be okay once we get through the evening commute. The crash i just told you about in San Francisco cleared in the last couple moments so were back to a quiet start. No significant issues, walnut creek, southbound 680, still wide open. The Central Valley, this is our only spot for slowdowns this early. 22 miles an hour, 16 miles an hour on 205 to 580. Nothing unusual there. Just typical delays. We have one new minor issue in the napa area. Well check on that next. Alexis, thank you. Press briefing at the white house after reports President Trump shares classified information with russia. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling on the president to explain himself. The white house insists he did nothing wrong and this morning the president is explaining himself a little. The president taking to twitter to defend his conversation with russias foreign minister and also dorp. He tweeted a short time ago as president i wanted to share with russi