Through. Thanks for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im kris sanchez in for marcus washington. Mike, i was in a gaggle of cars this morning which feels so unusual. I think it was a fluke. Well see. Lets check in with vianey for the forecast. It sounds scorching hot. This is in anticipation or ahead of the heat wave were set to experience. We want to make sure our viewers are prepared for whats to come. A live view over San Francisco. That marine layer right now hugging the coastline. You could see it keeping the coastline nice and cool for now. This is probably going to be the coolest part of our morning because this is what i will be monitoring heading into the weekend. Unhealthy air quality. Much hotter weekend. Potentially record highs above 100 degrees. Ill have complete details, but first lets check in with mike. Vianey, we have our typical construction through oakland. As we look at your map and also the transition to the bay bridge. Thats expected heading through the area. As yo
Well good morning to you, thank you for joining us and welcome to mornings on 2, im dave clark. Pam cook is off today, on this friday, september 4th. Steve paulson, though, is still working hard. Even though, he is downplaying it, i know youre working hard. You have got our forecast for the day and weekend, steve. Dave, i work harder when its raining, hows that . Thats true, you do. Then i honestly, thats when i worked the hardest, is when there is rain coming in. When theres heat coming in, it is, you know, it is just how hot, that is basically it. But, its owing to get ready hot, not today, though. Now, again, the excessive heat warning kicks in, or heat adviser, all starts saturday. Today is not the day, but well begin the process of starting to warm up, and yes 98 to one awaits would not surprise me, so there you go. 11 00 a. M. To 9 p. M. For that heat warning. Temperatures will come down, but wind might be a factor for next week. The fog came back, but its not going to last much
Reporting drizzle. There are pockets of thick fog. Keep that in mind. Santa rosa is the only location with reduced visibility. The southwest tabriz is not strong. Fog and the morning, then it will disappear and temperatures are on their way up. It will be near average, we will have more on that in about 10 minutes. It is 5 00 and the morning. It is friday. Sal is here now and he will tell us this time. We are in decent shape to start of the commute. Good morning. Traffic is moving along nicely if you are driving around the bay area, i like what i see so far. You can see the the bay bridge looks good with no major issues. Hopefully, this friday we will get later conditions and then we usually do on the first four days of the week of the pandemic. However, there is roadwork. Check this out if you are looking at your screen. They are trying to pick up the cone, there might be a temporary backup. We will see how long this lasts. Lets go to the headlines. There is a flex alert for the Labor
There is too much warm air, it is down on the deck. There is reduced visibility and miss drizzle around oakland. Santa rosa has a halfmile of his ability. Reduced visibility is showing up. The fog will burn off. 5559. Santa rosa is a location with fog, warmer for most. On the immediate custody will not be, but the low clouds have fog. Warmer temperatures today. Sunny for all as temperatures make the move. Near average to a little bit above for today. Lets get over to sal, it is friday morning and he will be telling us to this time that we have better news . Yes, northbound traffic is moving along pretty well. As you drive past to the coliseum, it was slow. They are picking up roadwork in the fruitvale area. When you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, it is light. Usually it starts aslant 6 00 but it is a friday. Lets go back to the headlines. We are in for a hot and smoky bay area weekend. The operator of the power grid has issued a flex alert, asking us to conserve energy. This comes a
Washington post columnist, thriller writer who writes about the cia and such. This month, Pulitzer Prize winning author, Colson Whitehead as our guest. His most recent book is the under ground railroad. Mr. Whitehead, whats the appropriate response new book is appraised by oprah, president obama, you won the National Book award, what is the appropriate response . If only it took the pain aw away. [laughter] has taken off in a way thats unexpected and startling and wonderful. Just try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Why does it put you in a better mood . Ive been writing for 20 something years doing fiction 20 some years, sometimes we write a book and people dig it and understand it sometimes write a book and no one cares and its sort of disappears so i have the pride the job i did with the book. Either you dig the groups of two prospectors or you dont and so you are either along for the ride description or not. Definitely when i was writing was my second attempt at a novel. My fir