Is a responsibility of maintaining the defensible spaces. Our clients are kind of a panic mode. For good reason. Dan brubaker is a professional landscaper saying there is a perfect storm for fire danger. Because of the drought there is more ladder fuels. Grasses are more dry. Winds more strong. In orinda, signs read conditions moderate with you they require a watchful eye. All it takes is someone flicking a cigarette out of a car window. These grasses can just burn up the hill. And its like early 90s. The Oakland Hills fire burned for hours. Taking with it more than 3,000 homes and claiming lives of more than two dozen people. Like many, thoughing there are things in common with neighbors views, a ideal location and a need to keep the home clear of debris, and anything that could be a potential fire hazard. We cut dry weeds all the time. Heat is on the mind of oakland fire officials. High dry brush is being targeted. And fire crews are helping residents. Make sure we have our defensibl
Clouds coming from the pacific. That, there, is a sign of onshore flow starting to take shape. And thats what we need in order to get those cooler temperatures. Lets go ahead and tell you where we are right now and where were headed, as we head throughout the day. Look at that, san jose, climbed up to 81 degrees. The warmest spot on the map is livermore at 83 degrees. Mountain views at 79 and 73 degrees, even in monterrey. So, today is the last hot day, and then temperatures tumble. Were going to drop like a rock. As of tomorrow, and then we fall even more so as we get into that allimportant weekend. So im going to come back inside now and join you guys. Because i definitely put on rightguard this morning, but it just turned left. So on that note, im come right back in. I want to make sure you have sunscreen too. Thank you. Now to new developments. Brush fire burning in southern california. Crews making progress in their fight this morning. The thousandacre wildfire in the foothills ea
Yearold half pug, half yorkie and she could hardly handle the heat on her walk around fremonts lake elizabeth. We have stopped 20 times at least going around the lake. And i carried her half the way. This is really nice. Its summer. Reporter downtown oakland hit a record high. While some chose to paddle on lake merritt, many lakeside hid from the heat. It feels like we skipped a season. We had a Little Spring but we skipped it, yeah. Reporter in San Francisco, its no stretch to say many agreed. This park in north beach actually looked like the beach. In san jose the little ones and their parents enjoyed the water. While some say unseasonable to olive it was almost unbearable but she got some help on this dog day of whats still just spring. Whoo, still 90 at 5 00 here in fremont. And allen, by the way, the goal for workers especially those working outside get through this workweek, get to the weekend and that cooldown paul was talking about. Yeah. Just a couple more days. All right, rya
Skekted to be a threeday sample of summer in the bay area. Elevating temperatures throughout the region. Let turn to spencer christian. Spencer one more day of hot weather . Todays weather had sweltering aspect to it. Lets take a look at live doppler 7 hd. You can see sunny skies beginning to move on shore. Here is a look at highs we did have one record. Actually its a tie. There are santa cruz, 93. Its going to be a warm day tomorrow. Major changes are coming our way. When the weather gets warm and dry winds start blowing it elevates fire danger in the bay area. We know that were in for a long fire season this year because of the drought. Abc7 News Reporter nick smith is live from the Oakland Hills. Nick . I have to show you this view because that is what this is all about. Those who live here know there is a responsibility of maintaining the defensible spaces. Our clients are kind of a panic mode. For good reason. Dan brubaker is a professional landscaper saying there is a perfect st
Three suspects still on the loose after a driver hit two people and ran from police and then hit a third one. Reporter this is the area where Police Say Three suspects went running to after the crash. They have not been captured. Police hope someone knows who they are and somebody comes forward this was the scene after 9 40 last night. The driver of the darker vehicle slamming into the garage area of an apartment complex on franklin and chestnut in the marina district. San francisco Police Say Three suspects were in the car. Earlier last night Undercover Police officers were actually tracking them for possible auto burglary in an area near bay street. Police say the driver may have known he was being followed so he sped away, ran a redlight, eventually hitting a pedestrian, a car and slamming into the garage. Police say they were not in pursuit of the car but after the crash the suspects ran off. We did search the park area with the assistance of the u. S. Park police, k9. They are sti