Season but a historic number fires have already blazed through the state. 3 more than million acres have burned in 2020. Surpassing the previous record, set in 2018. Nearly 15,000 firefighters are battling 28 major blazes across the state. They have also t aimed at le 12 lives. But amid the destruction comes opportunity, guided by science, san jose state iversity has just inaugurated a new Wildfire Research center. Thoflargest one its kind in the nation. The scientists span a range of disciplines from meteorology, to ecology to a social science. E they are ping new tools and techniques to better study, predict, and adapt to living with wildfires. Joining me now skype is craig clemts, the directorof the wildfire Interdisciplinary Research center, and a professor of meteorology at san jose state university. Also joinin us from jose is Amanda Stossel with. Assistant professor of wildfire management at the center, hello to you both. Hello hi. Craig, lets start with yook you at the skies th
Kicks off california speak fire season but historic number of through the state. Blazed more than 3 million acres have burned in 2020. Surpassing the previous record, set in 2018. Nearly 15,000 firefightersare battling 28 major blazes across they have alclaimed at least 12 lives. But amid the destruction comes opportunity, ided by science, San Jose State University has just inaugurated a new wildre research center. The largest on the nation. The scientists span a range of disciplines from meteorology, to ecology to a social science. They are pioneering new tools and techniques to better study, predict, and adapt to living with wildfires. Joining me now by skype cl craients, the director of the wildfire Interdisciplinary Research center, and a professor of meteorology at san jose state unoiersity. Alsong us from san jose is Amanda Stossel with. Assistant professor of wildfire management at the center, llo to you both. Hello. Hi. Craig, lets start with you, you look at the skies this wee
Look live our sutro tower camera. And at the lighthouse there in santa cruz its going to be nice. Temperatures going to climb to near 80 degrees at the beach, 55 near the delta. Less breeze today but chilly this morning. Upper 40s in santa rosa and petaluma. Low 60s by 9 00 in oakland and warm through the 70s and 80s. By 2 00 weve got the low 90s returning, so thats about 5 to almost 10 degrees warmer today in our inland valleys. Around the bay maybe 7 degrees warmer. At the coast our sea breeze will pick up. Itll be breezy there but tonight we wont see much in the way at fog. Well track that forecast, but the cooler week ahead coming up, liz . Okay, lisa, thank you. And new overnight contra costa fire crews were responding to at least 13 fires. There were four fires in the span of 30 minutes that involved two cars and two homes in concord. Firefighters quickly got the flames under control, and fi fireworks are being blamed as well for a grass fire in pittsburgh off highway 4 in ludrid
Months that have led and culminated in this tension boiling over. And we saw what happened in minnesota, in minneapolis. Unfortunate unrest. But today were seeing what appears to be a largely peaceful statement and demonstration playing out right now on 101 in san jose. My partner dan ashley joins me here now for abc7 news at 4 00. Dan . Kristen, good to be with you. Remarkable to see whats happening on 101, southbound 101. We can only hope that it will continue to end as peacefully as it looks like it has begun, to end, but with some of the protesters leaving the freeway, we dont know to where they have proceeded, but there are probably still a good 100 on the freeway. And you mentioned something interesting, kristen, that id like to chime in on with the charges now facing dee inderek youve seen on video choking george floyd, charged with thirddegree murder. A lot of people are wondering what charge. We hear so often about manslaughter, firstdegree murder, seconddegree murder. What is
County, we want to go live to amanda del castillo, shes in san jose. Amanda. Reporter yeah, todays announcement marks the third confirmed case here in Santa Clara County. As we heard earlier, the second case in the bay area is in Solano County. At a 4 00 press conference today, county Health Officials said the patient, an older adult woman had no known exposure to the virus through travel nor through close contact with a known infected person. County health says the woman was initially hospitalized for a respiratory illness. Her doctor request they test her for the virus, and the results came back last night. Since then the department has been working to find others she may have exposed, but they arent giving specific details about where the woman lives, only confirming she is a resident of the county and contracted this through a community case. Officials say this case is an important one because it signals now is the time to change course. We do need everyone to start thinking about