News station. Youre watching kron 4 news every tear. Like the whole neighborhood with gun and claims. Now at 10 the threat of wildfires is still here a grass fire near the landmark South San Francisco sign filling the sky with smoke. The danger hitting too close to home for families which were forced to evacuate we want to have more on this in just a moment, but first tonight, the bay area as a whole is still not out of the woods when it comes to fire danger, thank you for joining us tonight at 10 im pam moore and im grant lotus in tonight for ken way we saw another day of record breaking heat here in the bay and a red flag warning that was set to expire this morning was extended for some regions until tomorrow our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow standing by with the latest on the fire danger tonight, lawrence yeah guys, this red flag warning now extended until 8 oclock. In the morning tomorrow morning thats because this ridge just really stubborn not breaking down very rapidly and
Fletcher the breaking news this morning. If youre just waking up and joining us President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have both tested positive for coronavirus weve heard from the first lady that she is feeling well this morning suffering only mild a mild symptoms. The president however is 74 years old and he is in a higher risk for complications the coronavirus last word from the White House Position was that he was also experiencing, mild symptoms with that was last night we havent heard yet from the president this morning. He often a fan of going to twitter to reassure americans about his health and whats on his mind. So far this morning has been silent on social media so were still waiting to hear word from him directly how is this affecting the Political Landscape and the country we have reaction from our political analysts this morning michael yaki. And Tom Del Beccaro good morning john. Okay mystery aki why dont you tell us first since we just had an update from mi
Health, so i spoke with pulmonologist dr. Vinny job, to get some answers to your questions. We have been dealing with the smoke for weeks now, what are the longterm risks from breathing all of the stuff in for so long . Is there a cumulative effect as one of our viewers asked, is it going to be affecting us later like the coal mines did for people . We look at wildfire smoke, there is been, shown to be an increase in respiratory problems. Meaning bronchitis, potentially pneumonia, etc. , but not, not, the other things have not been shown meaning an increase in an increase in mortality due to cardiovascular effects. The jury is still out on those, the research is mixed on those endpoints. People with heart and lung problems honestly have risks with this air quality but what about the people who come you know, were otherwise healthy . How much of a risk is it for most people . If you are talking about air lein thred little bit each day, just a little bit of daily activity, then that is p
Flag warning we want to go to kron 4 Sarah Stinson first in the field in concord for a look at the conditions there sarah. Sorry im live here highway 4 above conquered were look behind me looks like a fog is all covering around me thats actually haziness air quality not so great this morning as we head into a triple digit day here in concord take a look so theres a red flag warning in effect goes in effect at one this afternoon and its not just here in concord are in the east bay is also up where the glass fire is burning in the north bay going to be a difficult fight for those firefighters as we head into awful conditions east bay hills Santa Cruz Mountains also in this red flag warning the last time we saw this morning the glass fire erupted over the weekend. So now more than ever its time to take this seriously weve seen the aftermath of what these conditions can produce theyre going to be northwest winds of 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour with gusts of 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour. We also have
Extra minutes. Right now the drive time 72 minutes from 205 over to 680. That might be even more so now. So Altamont Pass road getting busy as well as an alternate route. That portion of the freeways. Heres anne. Im anne makovec at the live news desk. Yeah, it has been a real rough morning in the east bay when it comes to the freeways after this fiery crash that happened late last night. This was 680 north and the north main exit and walnut creek. For some reason this vehicle left the freeway hitting a tree and burst into flames. This happened just before 11 00 and when they put the fire out, authorities found the remains of at least three people in the wreckage. They were on scene there for several hours this morning. Before they towed away that vehicle. Took it to the Coroners Office where the investigation into the cause of that crash continues. Well, ne, we looking at unhealthy air quality once again. A spare the air alert remains in effect today through friday. Now a little bit of