Lightning strikes has ramped up to 19 offshore. So well have chances of thunderstorms in the forecast tonight. Not much right now in widespread rainfall, a few scattered showers out there. Heres our live camera in san jose with mostly cloudy skies. But things will be changing. Look what happens about an hour during the 6 00 to 7 00 hour. The coverage will be increasing over the next hour or so. We could have thunderstorms moving quickly across the bay area by 9 00. Another system approaches the area thursday night and maybe more rain in your fiveday forecast. More on that in a few minutes. Every time it rains this winter, its going to cause concerns for many homeowners in the north bay, especially in the burn zones where is the potential for flooding and mudslides. Its been nearly three months now since those Deadly Wildfires broke out and many people have started to rebuild. Ktvus tom vacar joins us live from santa rosa with more. Reporter when this santa rosa hillside neighborhood bu
Off. They just came in. Records. Santa rosa, kentfield, san rafael, richmond a record, San Francisco, San Francisco airport, oakland airport, moffett field, livermore tied a record. Gilroy a record. Santa cruz a record. Salinas a record. All records. Lots of records around the bay area today. We got a heat advisory out there. We have a spare the air day that will last until tomorrow. We have the heat warning did not just cover the bay area but now it was for a while just the bay area minus San Francisco. They put San Francisco into a heat warning. Thats huge not only that, the flex alerts relating to the idea that we have heat warnings and advisories from redding to southern california. Over 35 Million People under some kind of heat advisory. Thats huge. So when i come back were going to talk about when its going to cool down because its not tomorrow. A little bit tomorrow but its going to be hot again tomorrow. Well talk about that and then about the cooling opportunities we have down
Region today with a high to very high risk of heat related illnesses. A regionwide cool down is then forecast to begin on sunday, especially near the coast. Meanwhile, very warm to hot inland conditions will persist into labor day. An increase in moisture will work northward from the south late sunday into early next week and will result in a slight chance of thunderstorms across the central coast. Additional cooling is then expected through the first half of the upcoming workweek. marty as we mentioned. Several records were broken all across the bay area. Kron 4s Hermela Aregawi was in San Francisco where temperatures hit 106 degrees. A scorching day in San Francisco. A recordbreaking 106 degrees. Bernie bersmina San Franciscoits very extreme for San Francisco at least. We just stopped in muir woods, spent the day there and on our way home, this is the place to be in the heat. Health officials urge people to find cool places during the day. Brent andrew spokesman, ca dept of public he
Unusually large. Its expected to cut across new jersey over the next several hours. More than 6,000 houses in the state have already lost electricity. U. S. President barack obama made a direct appeal to people in the hurricanes path. The most Important Message that i have for the public right now is please listen to what your state and local officials are saying. When they tell you to evacuate, you need to evacuate. 370,000 new yorkers who live close to the water have left. The wind was so strong it bent the metal on a crane at this construction site. City officials have shet down the transit system. Businesses and shops have closed. Workers are piling up sandbags in front of subway entrances and buildings. Its very important. This will stop the water from going into the subway so we wont have a flood. Irene last year didnt even look like this after it hit. Forecasters say they expect the storm will pound a wide area for several days. And with just nine days to go before the u. S. Pre
On scene. Northbound monterey is closed between blossom hill and chynoweth. Well bring you more details as soon as we get them. pam a 13 Year Old Girl, kidnapped, drugged and sexually assaulted. After police say she ran away from home. grant the suspect. Expected to make his First Court Appearance tomorrow. Authorities say 50yearold timothy marble picked up the young victim at a gas station in napa. pam the girl was found in bodega bay. After investigators say, she jumped out of his car to escape. Strangely they also say, it was the suspect who called police. grant new tonight at ten kron4s alecia reid is live in napa with reaction to this disturbing crime. Alecia . Neighbors are still shocked that this man that theyve seen for years is being accused of such horror. Pkgin a neighborhood where Children Play freely in the street, people are terrified to hear that this man timothy marble who has lived next to them for years has been arrested and charged with child abuse, kidnappng, and ne