highs and feel record high temperatures once again today but what i want to start off with is talking about how poor the air quality could be in the east bay and also towards the south bay, particularly the east bay valleys and the santa clara valley. that s where we ll have unhealth amounts of ozone for those most susceptible, the elderly and those with respiratory problems. santa rosa, fairfield, concord and around the bay, low 90s oakland to upper 90s around palo alto. we ll also have extreme heat around the monterey bay, especially as you head inland towards morgan hill, gilroy and hollister. but still 98 watsonville. should be the last one. all right, mike. we ll check in for more information in a few minutes. this morning oakland police are searching for a gunman that opened fire on a home wounding a six-year-old girl. theresa garcia is live at the scene in oakland. theresa, they were asleep inside the house? they were. this entire family. and it was less than three
francisco and a new accident. i ll update you on the peninsula on 280. it s a friday! we made it! 5:00. thank you for joining us. i m kristen sze. i m eric thomas. topping our news, the investigation into the san bruno explosion and fire is focusing on the pressure levels inside the natural gas pipe that blew. overpressurized gas lines are a common cause of explosion. terry mcsweeney is live in san bruno with the story. terry, pg&e has been ordered already to reduce pressure in the effected pipe. what happened to that? well, they haven t done it yet. i m about to tell you why. i want to let you know we re directly across the street from the entire block that has been reducedto rubble by the explosion and pg&e has been criticized not reducing the pressure enough in its natural gas line. the public utilities commission has ordered pg&e to reduce pressure by 20%. it has only reduce it had by 10%. the company says it needs more clarification on that issue. mercury news has
the sun begins to rise in the east. this is the damage you can see. the highlighted areas there being lit up. yesterday people lived in these homes. today there is only rubble. team coverage begins now with terry mcsweeney near ground zero. terry the declaration you had to move. where are younow? we ve been half a block away from where we were earlier. the pacifica police one of the law enforcement agencies involved, had us move up half a block. the area in and around where the fire burned has been declared a crime scene. we don t think this is anything notorious about that. we think it s just a matter they want to have more control over the entire area. when they declare it a crime scene they can keep everybody out. one, they declared it a crime scene and, two, the fire chief is quoted as saying there are six dead as a result of this fire. take a look at the video we have from last evening when this was burning at its peak. a fireball erupted shortly after 6:00 last nigh
damaged another 120 at least. firefighters tell us they ve contained about 50% of this fire but there s no word on when residents will be allowed back in to see what s left of their homes. we have several reports for you this morning, eric. our coverage begins with terry mcsweeney near where the gas main ruptured. terry s going to walk us through what happened. good morning. yeah. i ve gotta tell you the latest right now is that the san bruno police are moving all the media an additional block away from the scene. a scene that has been declared a crime scene by san bruno police. eric, you were asking me a few minutes ago if it was something more sinister than just making sure that the police can totally control the area. i have no reason to believe it s anything more than wanting to really be in charge of this large, devastated area. just had a couple people walking down the street here, supposed to be starting work at linardi s market. they re told they re not going to