Extreme smoke just really trapped at the surface here in the bay area. So we have very unhealthy air to hazardous air quality this morning. You can see those purple, red dots indicating this unhealthy to hazardous air quality from redwood city to the trivalley and up through concord as well. Walnut creek. Around the oakland area. Into San Francisco. Very unhealthy to hazardous air quality up through lark spur and san rafael and the north bay. And into petaluma. San rafael and for santa rosa. Not only dealing with those smoky skies, we have the fog. So Poor Visibility this morning near zero for petaluma. Down to three quarters of a mile at halfmoon bay. And a mile and a quarter at sfo. Looking ata mile a lf kland hayward as e. Rmora densfo and in safr ea unti 0a. M. What you can expect for the weekend coming up. But gianna, we are dealing with that extreme smoke and those foggy conditions. Hows the commute . Yeah, its certainly affecting the drive this morning. Were seeing some slow spe
68 in mountain view. 70 in la fayette. And with the air quality poor in east bay and south bay, but by 9 00, were already in the 90s over the east bay hills. 108 in san ramon by 1 00, 98 in napa, 101 petaluma, 72 Half Moon Bay and still scorching hot by 5 00. Tonight the fog will come back to the coast and unfortunately things changing not in a good way. And there is a flex alert in effect because of the extreme heat. So were being asked to conserve energy from 3 00 p. M. To 9 00 p. M. And that means avoid using large an appliances, close the use fans and set the thermostat to 78. And if you are trying to beat the heat today, you will probably want to stay away from ocean beach. The crowds packed the beach over the weekend and mayor breed is not happy about it. And lauren mar tee sneetinez is us at ocean beach. Reporter yeah, mayor warned that Law Enforcement will be patrolling the area. She closed the main parking lot for ocean beach over the weekend and on twitter the mayor said that
It will be hot and muggy today. Did your seat for those well inland. Fire dentures go up and possible showers sunday night into monday. We are just getting a lot of high clouds. 60s and 70s. 74 in san jose. Thats very warm. Record highs likely today for many including San Francisco. Heat advisory from the bayside location starts at 11 am. Inland areas heat watch starts at 8 am. Temperatures are soaring above average highs for this time of year with livermore penciling in 108 and should be 88. And now we are seeing things picking up at the bridges. Lets start at the bay improved, actually. We had a bigger crowd at 6 30 am and now its 7 00, it seems to have disappeared. Traffic is moving along very nicely here. Looking at your screen, not a lot going on. Also, as you see, interstate 880 in oakland with traffic moving along okay in both directions. Because of the hot weather today, the organization that manages our states power grid is urging people to conserve energy. Demand for energy i
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And lots to talk about in your Weather Report today. Shell have the latest on that very soon. We want to get right to our top story. That is the president s late night communetation for his late night friend. Stone was just days away from going to prison for his help in the russia investigation. He was found guilty for lying to congress in part prosecutors say to protect the president. In just a moment, we will talk to congressman adam schiff who led the impeachment fight against President Trump, but we want to begin with kelly odonnell. She is at the white house with the latest. Kelly, good morning. Reporter good morning, peter. This is the first time the president has used this absolute authority to benefit a convicted figure from the russia investigation. After years of mocking and underdhauunde undercutting that probe. And part of the rationale is that the president wiped out the prison sentence in order to protect roger stone medically, to keep him from contracting coronavirus if