The fire potential here is quite great. There was a basketball game letting out at holy names which caused quite a bit of traffic congestion. Drivers are being asked to reroute highway 13 southbound you should take 580 to 24, this, as i said, is not going to open for about another hour. Highway 13 is shut down at red wood. Now, they are investigating the cause of this, bring you back out live you can see theyre going to be onscene for a while as they look into it. There are a lot of cigarettes along the highway, a lot of lighters, so those could be factors they just havent determined what the cause is at this point. But the headline here about another hour before the highway reopens. Were live in oakland. Thanks. And a good reminder to be extra careful in heat like this. In concord you could see people trying to stay cool and out of the sun. Live look from our mount tam camera and if youre looking to escape the heat near the bay or beach is your best bet. This is the view from our waln
Is the enemy right now. Crews will be on scene probably all night long. Thank you. Those flames may be dying down in vallejo, but concern about possible plaer up. Jeff ranieri. Right now, the northwest is 16. So that is a concern and watching hot spots closely. Looking at the neighborhood, areas that need to be on alert is wellington place, bayhurst. 83 degrees, humidity. Winds stays possibly as high as 15 miles per hour. Who hit 108 . Coming up shortly. This was swift work to protect those homes. Cal fire aircraft dropping retardant. Some of the homes that you can see down below are pink with fire retardant. Not a bad tradeoff. Just how close the flames came to the homes. Backyard fences right there next to those homes. Michelle roberts is also with us. How many people were home during the fire and what were they being told . Reporter people were allowed to stay in their homes some people went out and picked up a hose and do what they can. It could have been much worse. The road has b
59 now in oakland with high temperatures today reaching into the mid70s for oakland. San jose, 81 degrees. Some upper 80s for the inland valleys with some lower 60s in spots like Half Moon Bay. Well take a closer look at the forecast and what to expect throughout the week coming up in about seven minutes. Mike now has a new crash in san jose. I do. It doesnt sound like any major injuries but this is a tough spot. An easy drive northbound 101 through san jose. You see already the red showing up as far as those Speed Sensors go approaching tremble road. We do have that crash. Just past where the two freeways merge. The south bay does move well. Were track iing that fire just off center road south of 280. It sounds like it is confined to an area off the creek and not at the golf course. Back to you. Something to keep in mind. Thank you very much, mike. Breaking news to get to this morning we have been monitoring all morning long since we came on air out of the east bay. New video just in
59 now in oakland with high temperatures today reaching into the mid70s for oakland. San jose, 81 degrees. Some upper 80s for the inland valleys with some lower 60s in spots like Half Moon Bay. Well take a closer look at the forecast and what to expect throughout the week coming up in about seven minutes. Mike now has a new crash in san jose. I do. It doesnt sound like any major injuries but this is a tough spot. An easy drive northbound 101 through san jose. You see already the red showing up as far as those Speed Sensors go approaching tremble road. We do have that crash. Just past where the two freeways merge. The south bay does move well. Were track iing that fire just off center road south of 280. It sounds like it is confined to an area off the creek and not at the golf course. Back to you. Something to keep in mind. Thank you very much, mike. Breaking news to get to this morning we have been monitoring all morning long since we came on air out of the east bay. New video just in
Us tonight. Debora villalon is in the north bay where in just a little while a freeze warning will take effect. But we begin with mark tamayo whos tracking these low temperatures from our weather center, mark. Clear and cold conditions for tonight. Parts of the area beginning to cool off rapidly. We have a frost advise advisory in place. Temperatures there mainly in the 30s. We will bring it up a level though. We have an area shaded in purple as you see closer in san jose. Including livermore, concord up to the parts of the north bay as well. Temperatures 25 to 32 degrees. This begins 11 00 tonight right on through tomorrow morning. Not only for friday morning but also into saturday morning as well. Clear skies looking out toward San Francisco and the bay bridge. You can see the trajectory of the winds moving in from the north. Thats a cold pattern. Take a look at some of the current numbers out there right now. It is 36 degrees in walnut creek. But also look at the north bay. We have