How much longer. Two more days expected for the Interior Valley of hot weather. Its controlled by this High Pressure stretching across california, and stretching well up into canada at this very moment. That was good enough to bring us 108 in napa. That was our hottest. Livermore, 107. Lafayette at 104. With these hot temperatures we are having a hard time cooling off, especially throughout the Interior Valley. The average right now 78. Notice the cooling in San Francisco right now. At 66. Thats a good sign at least some of the coastal areas tomorrow will eventually get some cooling. Right now it is still very uncomfortable. If you live in contra costa or Alameda County, and you do not have airconditioning. 9 in walnut creek. Livermore, currently at 79. Warming in the east bay valleys tomorrow. Low 70s in the morning hours. By the noon our, up to 95 degrees. And it will get hotter than that once we hit the afternoon hours. Of course we have full details on that coming up in the forecas
Tonight the band is telling us how they scrambled to safety. They are also sharing this exclusive video offering a new perspective on how dangerous this was. Peggy bunker joins us. The driver told you what flashed through his mind. Reporter the driver told me tonight when the fire started in his limo he immediately thought of the 2013 limo fire that killed five women on the san mateo bridge. The red braggon cartel ban says they are grateful they made it out safely and credit the driver for algting quickly. I looked back at the guys and i couldnt see them lieu the haze. Reporter the lead singer says they were traveling on i280 when they smld smelled burning wires and the car filled with smoke . Im like pull the car over. Reporter darren theodos was driving the limo. He feared the passengers would be trapped by the auto lock doors. His steering shut down. I had to muscle to the side. Reporter also on his mind the five women who died in a limo fire in 2013 on the san mateo bridge. Its uns
Children hospital oakland isnt commenting on camera. Only releasing statements that its carrying for the grieving family. Its a sad situation that has brought a lot of people together to pray for mcmath tonight. And at this point, no one knows how much longer this very emotional situation will continue. Reporting live in oakland, jean elie, nbc bay area news. Thank you, jean. Want to give you a live look at the eastern span of the beleaguered bridge. Cal trans announcing those cracked bolts have finally been fixed. What it mean for the safety of the bridge. You may remember back in march, it was discovered that about a third of the bolts of the new eastern span had snapped during nps. That set off all kinds of red flags. Engineers put up temporary shims so the bridge could open on labor day. Caltran officials showed us what the permanent fix looks like. Its called a steel saddle. Its purple on your screen. It replaces the broken rods on the bridge. It also allows the bridge to sway in
Companions. Neat nightly news begins now. Its been a long time, and its a far cry from the speech by president john f. Kennedy challenging americans to conquer space, which we did by the way in short order. These days our astronauts ride to space on board russian spacecraft. And they make up part of the crew of the space station. Theres a problem on board. One of two crucial pumps has blown. Theyre running on backup. It will take three spacewalks to fix it. The problem is, during the last spacewalk, an astronauts helmet filled with water. So today, nasa said the astronauts will wear snorkels along with exor ents pads to make sure they dont drown. They think they know why the astronauts helmet filled with water last july. Now theyve cut some rubber tubing to make sure and have snorkels for astronauts. On board today, they were inspecting the space suits theyll be wearing for saturdays mission. One of those suits will be the one worn by the italian astronaut last july when he nearly drow