Areas were anywhere from 106 degrees to 112 degrees at this hour. So weve had quite a cooldown in part because of the lingering smoke and haze and the more vigorous marine layer than was anticipated. Yet we have high fire dangers 8 00 tomorrow morning for all the hills and mountains of the bay area. And with very low humidity and strong gusty winds. Wind gusts right now in the higher elevations. The wind advisory will be in effect until 11 00 for the north bay hills and mountains. There is a possible there of downed trees and power lines and maybe even power outages. Ill have a closer look a little later. All right. Thank you. More than 170,000 pg e customers in 22 counties had their power turned off today. Well show you a maam where the out outages are in the bay area. The upside down magenta triangles, well try to get the map for you but it is impacting napa and sonoma counties. Another round of frustrating shutoffs. Reporter heres the latest. Highway 12 has been on the unincorporate
All the smoke looks like big bank of clouds. The smoke coming down in our direction from the oregon fires and the fires of california and it is just collecting in the upper levels of the atmosphere. And then the low clouds and fog, the marine layer, down at the surface level. A layer cake effect with the smoke layer above and the marin layer below. And we had a rather vigorous onshore flow with weaker winds aloft. Right now, theyre getting a little stronger but not enough to change the setup that ive just explained to you. Fog. Air quality right now, be nearly as red as you might think by looking at the ugly air. We have yellow dots indicating moderate air quality. We have poor air quality in ukiah and vacaville. Looking southward, oakland, San Francisco, fremont, livermore, san jose, we even have good air quality indicated by the green dots over parts of, well, parts of the santa cruz mountains. The marine layer will push locally inland. We might see some drizzle in the overnight hour
Children and either a hired tutor or a apparently taking turns. This after what was a challenging Spring Semester for most. All of these children we saw in the Spring Semester this year were failed by the state of california in its educational plans. Reporter the attorney has filed a lawsuit against Governor Newsom calling for governor schools to reopen this fall. Thats not a decision that the state can or should make. Reporter she is advocating for parent and teacher choice. Shes an rnc Committee Woman for california. She insists politics are not at play here saying she has spoken with parents and teachers across party lines who say Distance Learning doesnt work. Even parents with the motor motivated and academically Successful Children reported depression, anxiety, withdrawal, behavioral issues, a lack of motivation. She said her son has a team when he returns to school. Special education students, it is dangerous and profound when their students are cut off. Reporter this person who
Theres not been sufficient training to roll it out in any way, shape or form by august 5th. Reporter the recommendation is to begin online. For the first two weeks, teachers will have zoom sessions to inform they will of the semesters expectations. Each family gets about 45 minutes. During the two weeks, teachers will assess their studens while they also work on homework. On week three, teachers will determine where students stand academically. From there they will be put into groups which the district has determined is the most effective way to teach students during this pandemic. Heres what oakland superintendent said in early july in anticipation of the plan. We have to start that process of actually having a specifc plan at the elementary, middle level and High School Level for in person learning. Thats an expectation of all districts. Small Group Instruction will begin in week four, again, online. This person is concerned with the lack of adequate technology. Four or five kids in