Put it in gear and take off. , next thing you know, the phone is in your hand stop we should be holding the wheel, not holding the phone. Its a busy world out there. And were all in it together. Go safely, california. Welcome back to kron 4 news at 6 the air quality as you know around the bay area is bad in fact it is among the worst in the world right now, heres a look at purple airs air quality map much of the bay area including San Francisco oakland daly city and nevado are in the purple range which is considered very unhealthy and even dangerous for people with prior Health Conditions and as he had a little bit farther east and south the air gets slightly better but its still considered unsafe to breeze for long periods of time take a look at how things look at this hour outside a live look outside at the Golden Gate Bridge where you can barely see one of the towers there and the rest of the bridge disappears in the haze cheaper all just. Maurice carroll here to tell us whats going
A somber ceremony marking the 19th anniversary. Of the september 11th terror attacks but this years rememberance has a different look because of the pandemic good evening. Everyone, im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis thanks for joining us tonight at 8 our top story this evening. Still smoke from those wildfires raging across california and oregon leaving the bay area with some of the worst air quality in the world tonight. And that smoke is expected to linger through the weekend. Our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here with the details on what we should expect lawrence we need that out of here. Yeah we certainly do and to get that out of here we need really a push for some good gusty winds right now were not getting that we just got a light breeze so there you go youve got sites like this all around the bay area that smoke. Just sitting right down on the ground and its unhealthy all around the bay area in fact right now youre looking at some very unhealthy smoke sitting acros
No annualcontract. And now get hbo max included. Limited availability in select areas. Call 1. 877. Only. Att ooishlthsdz another wildfire absolutely explodes in size overnight. Thousands evacuated more than a hundred campers trapped. The rescue mission on Mammoth Mountain tonight. As the bay area wakes under a recordbreaking heat wave, pg e may be forced to cut power. We broke a couple of records today. Tomorrow a lot more are gonna fall. Sunday is the peak of this heat wave. First breaking news. At least 150 people trapped after a Massive Wildfire ick nights in the Sierra National forest. And tonight weve learned 63 campers near a Fresno County reservoir were just rescued by military helicopters. The others, told to shelter in place and to get into the water if they can. Until rescue crews return. Mandatory evacuation orders are in place for multiple communities. This is new video coming into the newsroom, showing just how dangerous the conditions are tonight. Two backpackers had to
Streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live out at the city of san jose. Good morning everyone, it is wednesday, august 26th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. Good morning. First up on this wednesday morning, a check of our forecast. Mary lee standing by with that. Mary, good morning. Good morning to you len and michelle. And we are looking at unfortunately, another day of hazy and smoky skies. Now this morning, its not quite as bad as what we have seen even yesterday morning in comparison here. So those green and orange colors, yellow colors at least indicating that good to moderate air quality. But if you can see still some dots of red and purple and that indicates unhealthy air quality in spots for the north bay and portions of the south bay. And east bay. So because of the unhealthy air, the smoky and hazy skies, we have a spare the air alert in effect once again for today. And it has actually been extended through friday. So we are still looking at that smoke through the
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