Over her on Climate Change just come to the state of california. Observe it with your own eyes. Governor gavin newsom not mincing words governor says california is in a Climate Crisis the terrible toll of the states wildfires becoming more evident. Block after block of destruction and now at least 19 people dead in what has become a historic year for California Wildfires than 2 dozen fires burning along the west coast pushing mass amounts of smoke into the bay area the skies still as we are seeing some of the worst air quality on earth. Thank you for joining us tonight at 6 im pam moore and im ken wayne lets get straight to chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow morris theres a lot of very unhealthy air still out there yeah we just cant makes it outlawed the smoke. Actually made his way back in the bay area couple of days ago now has mixed all the way down to the surface what we need is some way to kick it further out of the area, but right now not see much in the way of wind at all in fa
Comply as the country sees a sharp rise in infections the fight against rising waters ensued on we meet residents forced to abandon their homes a sudanese minister will join us live to talk about the situation. Really well in the sports news is one of the top players in womens football joins one of the most famous clubs in the world u. S. Woke up when i tell you been signs for Manchester United. Hello thanks for joining us and overcrowded the greek islands camp that had become the makeshift home for thousands of refugees is now a smoldering ruin the fire is still burning at moria camp and a desperate effort has begun to work out what to do. With those now homeless a state of emergency has also been declared on the island of. Zeros johnson. Morea camp will be speaking to him in just a few minutes but 1st jonah hall begins our coverage. This is whats left of europes largest refugee camp. On the greek island of lesbos to find those tools through tents and didnt have data structures on tue
Scenario here. Theyll debate a resolution allowing the city to take any lawful stepscounter potential threats. The most recent one took place on saturday night, actually started as a rally to support portland activists. Mayor libby schaaf said its costing the city some 200,000 to repair damage to oaklands superior courthouse and a police substation. Now to a live look at capitol hill, the republican Coronavirus Relief plan is already under fire as lawmakers fridays deadline to renew Unemployment Benefits. This comes as millions of americans struggle without jobs amidst the pandemic. Today in the bays tracie potts with the latest. This is certainly not getting easier for those unemployed right now. Reporter no, its not. So if youre getting that extra 600 it will be in limbo if lawmakers cant work this out in the next three days. Friday is the deadline for that bonus payment to run out and we now know republicans want to significantly reduce the amount. Reporter already facing criticism.
Run up and out the dore. Were at 57 degrees at 8 00. We go from 57 to 85 over the course of a few hours and its going to be hot for our inland areas again today. More on that in a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking for that commute . Kari, we continue with a Traffic Alert. Now the good news is we start with a big view of the bay and the majority of our viewers are able to see a smooth drive, no surprises for most of the drive as we look at the big map but south of the Santa Cruz Mountains and heading south to santa cruz and the summit we have a crash blocking both lanes. Traffic is being diverted off at redwood estate. Locals will know the highway. If you dont know the area, i suggest you hold off until we get this cleared. No word on when they expect to get the lanes cleared. A standard build through san jose. Back to you, laura . All right, thank you very much, mike. 6 01. And developing right now another long and chaotic night outside the federal courthouse in portland as proteste
Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Another bay area county is having to close down part of its economy. Beauty salons, barbershops and gyms all forced to hang up those closed signs once again. This morning theres one way they may still be able to operate. Good morning, average, its sunday, august 2, im liz kreutz. Thanks for joining us. Lets start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. Good morning, liz, happy surrender everyone. Were looking at a lot of cloud cover especially in the city and across the bay. Our visible picture up in santa rosa, down the peninsula it is sunny in our inland east bay. Our east bay hills camera, you can see that layer is at about a thousand feet. Its 62 in gilroy. From mt. Tam, the sutro tower camera, upper elevation winds are blowing and shaking the camera around. 66 in concord. Changes today come in in a stronger onshore flow. We still have a little sun and a little breeze, climbing to t