Temperatures as we head through our afternoon. Because of this extreme heat, san jose is opening cooling centers today. Camden Community Center and vietnamese american cultural will be open at 11 00 and the library will be open starting at 1 00 p. M. Today. Thats just to give some relief from the heat for many people who are just trying to stay safe. Looking at a high fire danger with the red flag warning in effect for north bay mountains including glass fire from 1 00 p. M. Today until 6 00 p. M. Friday. Well talk more about high fire danger and smoky skies in just a few minutes. Lets check for the latest on road closures due to the glass fire. Thanks mary. The road closures continue. I will start with an overview to give you an idea of how big the area is where the closures are. Some of the larger roads shut down are parts of 128, 29, highway 12, both directions east and west bound of highway 12 from mount hawk way to trinity road. North and south bound, highway 29 from deer park roa
Runs out and shares of Bed Bath Beyond are surging, the retailer reports comps of 6 , online sales soaring 89 , jim so earlier in the week, jim, and even last week you seem to be pessimistic about the prospect of a compromise coming together. Do you feel any different this morning . Look, i think the Airline Layoffs are looming large because with layoffs come a cut in roots, with a cut in roots is a pain point, but i think its the senate, we keep talking about mnuchin and we keep talking about speaker pelosi, but i think the senate is buying into the president s vshaped recovery and i think Mitch Mcconnell is buying into it which says why do we need more we have a v shape, its just Certain Industries that can be triaged. I know that the industries represent small and mediumsized business so im against that, but i would say in favor of the mcconnell position, at least if you are looking at the stock market, this set of earnings, now, that is not what they care about and i dont want to m
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Area . Yeah, we have a couple weather systems moving by tha i clearing. Were still looking at the storm system approaching from the north and some tropical moisture moving in to our south from much of Central California and over to the sierra. Were watching that a little bit closer to home starting out with clouds this morning. This is helping to keep the smoke clear. Things will change this weekend. More on that coming up in just a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking for the Early Morning commuters . Well, kari, we have what weve had all week, slowing on the nimitz, northbound 880 to 29th. Sometimes its the southbound side. What im more concerned about is a crash thats happened over the last 45 minutes, south 880 and dakota a crash near the transition on southbound 880 from the city streets and no slowing. Well check that but no major injuries reported yet. Back to you. Thank you very much. New overnight firefighters stilt capital expressway near san jose. You can see the fire theyre