Containment. Cal fire has 1,000 firefighters on the ground, fighting the flames and crews say gusty winds and dry brush are fueling the fires rapid spread. Take a look at this map where you can see the glass fire complex is burning in napa and sonoma counties. Taking some live pictures as we speak from the glass fire and boy, it is hard to even see anything that smoke is so thick in the sky. Almost an eerie yellow color right now. Dion, think about trying to fight any of these fires from the air when visibility is so poor, it really restricts what firefighters are able to do, because its dangerous to fly in that weather. We have Team Coverage on the fires that are burning out of control, and lets begin with wayne freedman, who is live in santa rosa. Reporter good afternoon. Its hardy a good afternoon. Dion, you were talking about the smoke. The ash is coming down from the sky, its like dandruff. This is a car parked here for about an hour. This is the ash thats come down, its everywher
Anchor Spencer Christian to find out how much longer these dangerous air conditions are going to last, spencer. Youre right, the conditions are dangerous. Let me give you a look at air quality a rnld the bay area. You can see these red dots indicating unhealthy air. A few yellows near the north coast there, to the central part of the bay area, San Francisco, free month, concord, livermore, san jose to the south bay all have poor air quality, including locations in the santa cruz mountains. Now, we have surface wind right now thats blowing on shore. That will slowly push some of the smoke and the pollutants eastward. Its not going to happen overnight. As we look at the smoke forecast, you can see over the next two days tomorrow and into wednesday, well see the reds and purples pushing to the east and some cleaner air coming in. There will be some improvement. The problem is, working offshore, theres another plume of smokefilled air coming our way. Two more xiconsecutive spare th air day
Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Were in for another day of sweltering heat across the bay area. The heat wave has prompted a Public Safety power shutoff over the next few days, all while people try to get out this Holiday Weekend afterpendg months inside because of the pandemic. Good morning, everybody. It is sunday, september 6. Thank you for joining us. Im liz kreutz. Today is the 20th straight spare the air alert for the bay area. Lets get right to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at what we can chargexpect today. Good morning, lisa. Good morning, liz. From the mid60s t the delta. Winds are light so the offshore component isnt with us yet, that will be late tomorrow. Water view shows the smoke smoks the various fires burning in california. A high of 94 today at the host. 80 in mountain view. 72 downtown. Mt. Tam a little hazy there, 18 already in 79 in livermore. Our 24hour temperature change, were building on the warmth of the overni
You cant get through. The regular Customer Service line 8 00 to noon, forget it. Reporter Michael Hurley has been waiting since june. No faith in the system, none at all. Reporter the e. D. D. Blocked benefits saying they needed to prove they are who they say they are, like thousands of others they mailed in paper documents verifying their identity and then heard nothing back. I think im now in another reporter kim was told to wait eight weeks. I was upset. Because how would it be eight weeks to find my identity . I sent why eight weeks . Reporter the e. D. D. Required thousands of workers to verify their identities as it tries to weed out rampant fraud. But the Governors Task force found scammers still got paid while honest workers were blocked from benefits. During a twoweek reset, the e. D. D. Will install new technology that automatically verifies an k57pplicaapplicant identity and speed up new claims even as it doesnt address the old ones. Good afternoon, governor. Are you confide
Hotter. Really concerned about the hot weather again because we just had it not that long ago. This heat wave could be dangerous, and now the governor has declared a state of emergency to shore up the States Energy capacity as the grid gets a work out. My electric bill is definitely going up because of the ac, and i cant be without it. It just gets too hot. Some Hardware Stores already out of large fans. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im larry beil. Im ama dates. Lets get right to meteorologist sandhya patel. Its the kind of heat wave that will be potentially dangerous. It is going to be stifling and an excessive heat warning has been posted from 11 00 a. M. Tomorrow to 9 00 p. M. Monday. It covers all inland areas upper 90s to 110 degrees or higher. And that means heatstroke, heath exhaustion certainly possible. It is going to be warmer than average for this time of year. Records are certainly possible. Tomorrow morning at 8 00 a. M. Youre already seeing those temperatures mainl