Bazaar, surreal, ominous, how would you describe it . This day was different. Good evening, im julie haener. It was crazy, julie. Im frank somerville. Just when you thought 2020 might run out of surprises we are created with one of the most bizarre days in memory. Im 62, grew up in the bay area and never seen anything like it. Headlights on noontime, ash falling from the sky and body clocks wrist disrupted. For some, a sense of being completely out of sync. The dark sky during the daytime had folks grabbing their cameras. Ktvu was flooded with pictures from our viewers. Photographer kevin shane sent this picture from the embarcadero in San Francisco. And john warren sent this this picture from the Golden Gate National conservancy. It was taken on alcatraz island. You can see there is San Francisco completely disappearing in the background. And karen keller sent us this picture from hillsboro with trees creating silhouettes against the backdrop. We have Team Coverage tonight. Our chief
Bay area skies scribed as eerie and a apocalyptic. Some saying they were even scared. The orange atmosphere has quickly turned into a dark night here in the east bay. What people are doing to both remember and cope with the unearthly sky. Smoke choking our skies today. Ill let you know how much longer the air quality will suffer coming up. Purifiers and filters. Air quality experts with tips on how you can take safety a step further. Abc 7 news starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. If i can imagine what the end of the world was going to look like, it would look like this. Honestly, unlike anything ive ever experienced and ive lived in Northern California for 36 years. Its so dark. Its scary to me. Ive never seen anything like this before. This is strange. Its weird. Its. A dlie like no other in the bay area. Our entire region bathed in an eerie glow of orange and red. A look at why it happens. What a strain day we had. Good eveni
Lifetime snaps of San Franciscos skyline cloaked in a cloud of orange. Its really sad that its the condition the way it is, but it makes for some really dramatic pictures for sure. Reporter both automobile photographers trevor joelen and daniel turned their back to the road and pointed up. Even with the fog, its usually just gray and neutral colors, but today its a lot more orange and red. Reporter in walnut creek, cars were covered in arab and in oakland the zoo closed because of poor air quality. The solar panels on a abc 7 photographers home in pinole generated a fraction of electricity when the suns rays actually reach the earth. Out here in the bay exercising, fishing, doing whatever they can to find some slice of normalcy. I was pretty disoriented, honestly. I missed an appointment. I almost never do that. Reporter Jason Johnson says the weather reminds him of growing up in the midwest. A storm would blow in around the time of a tornado or Something Like that and it would be pitc
States will examine the role of Climate Change in fueling the flames. And struggling for schooling in the philippines children from vulnerable communities suffer as Distance Learning is put in place. And in sport to Toronto Raptors force against 7 in the n. B. A. Playoffs attending champions be the Boston Celtics to level their semifinal series add 3 games apiece. Thousands of refugees are searching for shelter on the greek island of lesbo also after being forced to spend the night out in the open fire swept through the biggest camp in europe on tuesday night ships being sent 10 by the greek government to provide accommodation will be live with John Psaropoulos in laws boss at the count in a moment but 1st heres his report. This was one of europes largest refugee camps morea on the greek island of lesbos fires have torn through tents and dilapidated structures they were thought to have been deliberately lit by people fed up with that desperate existence compounded by corona fires they
That killed at least a 190. 00 people last month. A west coast of catastrophe unprecedented fires burn across the u. S. States will examine the role of Climate Change in fueling the flames. And sport the Toronto Raptors forced a game 7 in the n. B. A. Playoffs. Boston celtics to level their semifinal series add 3. Thousands of refugees are searching for shelter in the greek island after being forced to spend the night out in the open fire swept through the biggest camp and europe on tuesday night ships are being sent in by the greek government to provide accommodation John Psaropoulos reports. This was one of europes largest refugee camps morea on the greek island of lesbos fires have torn through tents and dilapidated structures they were thought to have been deliberately lit by people fed up with that desperate existence compounded by coronavirus they are out there. Today far far. Far. Getting. Thousands of people became homeless once again precious family belongings hastily bundled