Live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning. Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera as we look out and see that lowlying fog and still the haziness in the air. It is friday, august 21st. I am michelle griego. I am len keise. Lets good to our coverage of the fires. Five have been killed. Tens of thousands have been forced to flee their homes. The lightning complex fires are around 656 square miles this morning and that is about 14 times the size of francisco. We will have all the latest on the fires but first, lets go straight to mary lee with the look on the air quality of the bay area. We are tracking those hazy and smoky skies for unhealthy air quality, so checking air quality conditions of this morning, looking at unhealthy air from livermore, concord and for fairfield and unhealthy air for rio vista. A spare the air alert, once again in effect today and that will continue all the way through
Theres a spare the air a letter and affect the smoke is in helping nor is the temperatures. Relief at the shoreline but so far its 90s from San Francisco to concorde it will be warmer tomorrow. Some places they will get warmer today. High pressure has kept pollutants and its driving the temperatures up to their 15 tomorrow in livermore it will get up to 100 and san jose and 104 degrees in concord. No surprise weve got heat advisories posted for much of the bay area and affect through tomorrow theres good news and that is things will cool off we will tell you when and how much when we return. The great area is bracing for hot weather. Kpix 5s melissa caen was in San Francisco with people who were looking to be flaky. Reporter it has been a scorcher in San Francisco. 89 degrees doesnt sound like much but many people in this city dont have air conditioning. Luckily, there is no shortage of ways for people to get out of their houses and still stay cool. Its a special get together. Welcome
Reporter the note reads, there are two guns pointed at you now. If you want to live, and back your wallet and phone now and do not turn around. The passenger received the notes that she was a daily commuter on bart. She said her name is julie, a 32yearold employee of the Videogame Company sega in San Francisco, who goes by the twitter handle baby jewels. She said she was at barton about 4 45, looking down at her phone when someone behind her dropped the know on her lap. I didnt know who was behind me. I do not know who the person was or if they had a gun or two guns. Reporter there about 15 other people on the train car. She said she made eye contact with the man. I believed he would call the police. He got off the train, so she said she made a split decision. I felt very vulnerable. I was aware that he was within reach of the back of my neck and my head, he was right behind me, i went sideways and pretended to have a seizure so that i would pass out. I could hear people asking, is tha
Villagers are mourning 11 family members who died inside a church when it crumbled during a baptism for twomonth old girl. We have coverage tonight, we are at the International Airport in San Francisco, where family members reunited, and we are at a church in south bay, where hundreds of parishioners offered prayers for victims of the earthquake. But first the latest from mexico, where the powerful 7. 1 earthquake has killed at least 230 people. 52 people have been rescued, right after the quake hit. Power has been restored in some neighborhoods in mexico city, and the metro system is running a close to capacity. There are signs of hope, with one man rescued alive today in a collapsed apartment building, but crews are working to free a girl trapped in the ruins of a school in the southern part of a city. Earlier today, she was apparently able to see signal to them by wiggling her fingers. Four bodies were discovered there today, and 25 people were found dead yesterday, including 21 chi
Bay. Palo alto looking at light showers. You see the San Ramon Valley is wet and heavier showers toward 101 south of petaluma and novato. Definitely slick roadways out there. As we go through the morning, the activity mainly south of San Francisco. It will continue to push further to the south and we will look for a few sunny breaks in afternoon but there is another system on the way to keep the second half of your weekend a little damp. Details on this in a few minutes. Thanks, lisa. A massive treetop he would over in marin county yesterday. Came crashing down and blocked Mountain View avenue. Until a crew got out the chainsaw and cleared it away. The tree fell from the yard of a homeowner. He said hes glad it fell away from his home. I was sitting here and started Hearing Branch and thats always a bad sign. Then i heard more and big branches and then there was a rooom crews estimate it was about 200 feet tall. The storm brought very welcome news, as well. Abc7 News Reporter cornell b