For concord. 10 to 20 degrees above average for this time of year. I let you know when we will will things down when the heat wave will finally break coming up in a few minutes. Relief for californians in need of a haircut, number of salons across the state have the green light to reopen. Kiet do live in napa were folks can now get the trim. Joke downtown napa at the house of k lawrence barbershop they are close but the sign says you can book online so, it looks like they might be able to open up later off today so in a couple hours salons and barbershops that are ready and able to can open under the first step of phase 3. North bay has been leading the bay area with the slow and methodical reopening of the economy so if you as a customer had out you will notice distinct changes. Customers will have the temperature taken and they must wear Face Coverings. Workers will be seen wearing ppe, gloves, masks and eye protection and have to maintain social distance from other clients and will
Richmond toward the bay bridge and allow i would say 15 minutes extra right now and that is just if things stay the same. Kari, that is a look at the east shore freeway and the south bay and the peninsula looking good now. Yesterday this was all covered with fog and now visibility is clear. So were seeing a better drive this morning with temperatures starting out in the mid to upper 40s. Well lead into a nice day and a lot of sunshine once again as you head out of the door. Make sure you have the sunglasses. Well talk about what is ahe ahead what is ahead for the rest of the day. We have good news for coronavirus evacuees at Travis Air Force base. Many of the 170 people will soon be going home. After two weeks in quarantine at travis and more isolation overseas. Now as por the latest numbers, more than 1800 people have died, more mainly in china due to the coronavirus. 73,000 people have been infected worldwide. And there is now at least 29 confirmed cases in the United States after 14
Alert to talk about, as well. Michelle . Smoke blowing in from wildfires to our north is exaspirating increasing pollution concerns. The extreme heat is creating danger for students. Schools in the Novato School district will let kids out early again today. Schools in orinda will do the same. And the san ramon unified School District and some bay area high schools have canceled all Outdoor Activities today. Our record shattering temperatures will strain the California Power grid. Kpix 5s Jessica Flores is live in fremont with more. Reporter i know, michelle, its pretty warm. I was just saying i need to take off my jacket. But ill do that for the next hit. Right now, were at the fremont Distribution Center where they are all hands on deck ready to go. Take a look behind me here. You can see these transformers are basically stocked up and going to areas they think will be hit hard by the record demand or the power grid today. The last heat wave the bay area saw in june caused massive out
Whoo, those are a lot of numbers on your screen. 105 degrees expected in napa today. 109 in fairfield. 100 in vallejo. Concord 115. These are recordbreaking temperatures. Livermore 116. Livermore has had several days of triple digits but nothing this hot. Its going to stay that way today and tomorrow. Fremont 102. 99 degrees in oakland. Above average temperatures. Mix that hot air with smoky conditions, we are getting a lot of smoke coming from these fires to the north of us. All that smoke is actually moving south into Northern California calling for very unhealthy air conditions especially in the east bay and santa clara valleys. Coming up when we get a break. Our record shattering temperatures are set to significantly strain californias power grid. Kpix 5s Jessica Flores is live in fremont on key concerns and safety tips during this heat wave. Jessica. Reporter hey, michelle. Good morning to you. Thats right. We are at the fremont materials and Distribution Center of pg e. I want yo
Todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Helicopters are flying to fulltime to rescue people trapped by flooding. More dramatic rescues play out in east texas. Overnight the remains of Hurricane Harvey caused significant flooding in nashville. At the arkema Chemical Plant in crosby, texas, more blasts are expected. Even as flooding persists, recovery is under way here. The city of houston is open for business. And quite frankly, we open for business right now. The president would like to join in the efforts and hes pledging a Million Dollars of personal money to the fund. Vice president pence getting his hands dirty and consoling victims. We will be with you every day until texas recovers and rebuilds stronger and better than ever before. To. The Police Officer in georgia is under fire for some controversial comments he made during a traffic stop last july. Remember, to nl kill black people. Yeah, we only kill black people, right . Wildfires burning from california to montana in wa