Also new, firefighters rescue a teenager from heavy smoke and flames as they battle a house fire. And it may be the last of the summer heat. We are tracking when falllike temperatures are going to start to show up. David is off. Matt pelman is here along with meteorologist karen rogers. Good morning. Although as crazy as the weather has been around here. Yes. We might have a heat wave in late october. Yeah, we probably will but were looking at an extended period of cooler weather coming your way. First lets look at satellite and radar. One of the things you notice is the spinning off the coast there. Thats Tropical Storm maria that is moving very slowly, about 5 miles an hour, still very near the coastline, not really impacting us but were seeing a few clouds spilling in. Kind of those high thin clouds we saw yesterday. So youll still see some sunshine filtering through it but the big story today is just how warm it is once again. 66 in reading, its 65 this morning in allentown. Its al
Conditions to what we saw yesterday. Its mostly clear and mild with widespread 50s, 60s and even some low 70s in the higher hills. The warming trend continues. Look for temperatures to increase another few degrees today. Inland highs will reach the mid 90s. Temps along the bay shoreline will hit the low 90s. Coastal highs will max out in the low 80s this afternoon. Going forward, a gradual return of the sea breeze will bring slight cooling to the coast tomorrow, then the valleys will see temps drop on friday. Well keep it mild going into the weekend. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. james our top james james our top story. Fire in the Oakland Hills. Over 100 homes were forced to evacuate yesterday due to a large, fast moving fire near the site of a former quarry. robin the fire spread quickly through dry grass as firefighters used air tankers and helicopters to battle the blaze. Kron 4s Ella
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Evacuate. The county had pumps going from last week to prevent the flooding many neighborhoods have already seen. It will be decided tonight if local School Districts will be closed. Hopefully we wont have a hurricane, knock on wood and hopefully its the worst weather were going to get this year. But were going to have storm surge, were going to have rain. Were going to have tornadoes and rip currents. Everyone has to be prepared. This year there are additional concerns due to the zika virus. That storm could leave behind standing water where mosquitos can breed. Weve got to go out into our backyards. Take responsibility for our personal property. Dump over any flower pots, fountains that you may have, anything that will collect standing water we need to turn over to make sure that the mosquito larva dont have the city just bought 5,000 more mosquito dunks that kill mosquito larva in large areas of standing water. The other message, use common sense, dont drive through standing water.
And the homes and buildings damaged and lives lost, we just hope they can get a handle on this soon. Fire tears through an abandoned house and a triplex next door. Two dozen firefighters worked against the triple digit heat and the fire. Nicole garcia is live at avenue and thomas. It was a difficult day to be fighting a fire. Reporter yeah, kari and john, the fire is intense and it is hot out here. It is over 100 degrees. They were checking for hot spots or flare ups but the fire started at the back of the gray house, which were told is empty. Witnesses say embers from the a wall of flames shot into the air and it went into the home that sat empty for months. Embers of the fire jumped to the home next door. It got sucked into the attic and cot the attic on fire. Reporter all three units were o able to get out safely. I started hearing a commotion and popping so i came outside because i thought someone was knocking and i opened the door and there was a huge cloud of smoke. It was pandem