Lets turn now to our meteorologist Rebecca Strom whos in form of risa guest tonight. To get more on the conditions ahead about this heat wave that were currently experiencing hair rebecca. Hey good evening guys, yes, were definitely seeing this heat wave were going to ride it out through the entire Holiday Weekend. And then were going to see that dry wind event thats what were tracking here and a fire weather watch as a matter of fact because of the heat and the winds that were going to be seeing from monday evening into wednesday morning and then tuesday night is when were expecting it to peak the most and were going to when speeds of anywhere from 35 to maybe 45 Miles Per Hour upwards of 50 at some bar higher libations this is all issued for the north bay mountains and our east bay hills and again this is going to go through the middle of the week and the low humidity as well that were going to be seeing over the next couple of days and High Pressure continuing to build thats oversee
Forward and get kids back to school as soon as it is safe to do so. Reporter some transitional kindergarten through sixth grade good resume in midseptember. Middle schools mid october, high schools in november. The city laying out a timeline for indoor businesses to resume. Hotels, Outdoor Movies and religious gatherings may begin in midseptember but with limited capacity. Barbers and hairdressers held a rally at city hall, health and safetya top priority for them. They are still on when Indoor Personal Services can resume. I need to feed my kids. Barbers need to feed their families. My heart breaks for anyone thats had to shut down and you guys that are struggling through this. Reporter some hair salons and Indoor Personal Services may resume at the end of september. We can move our nail salons, barber shots and massages by the end of this month, indoors. Which is incredible. If we continue at the pace we are now. Reporter an important caveat. The mayor and Health Leaders say the date
That moved into the bay area from the south, the remnants of what was a tropical storm. So humidity is up, but we still have conditions that are not so great for firefighting. Let me give you a look at conditions near the czu lightning complex right now, going down to the Santa Cruz Mountains. Relative humidity is up. Thats good news. 74 . Dont mind that wind reading there. Our computers are not accurately recording the actual current steady wind right now. But the gusts are accurate. Gusts up to 17 miles an hour right now in the area of the czu lightning complex. Here in gaurnville, its 81 degrees. Relative humidity at 41 . Gusts only 4 miles per hour, so very light wind there. And near the hennessee temperature, relative humidity at 30 and the gusts at 8 miles per hour. So some improvement in the weather in the north bay. In the south bay we could use more help the wind and temperature. Ama . All right, spencer, thank you. Officials in lake county are holding a Virtual Community meet
Contra costa, santa clara, san joaquin, and stanislaus. Nearly 230,000 acres have burned. The fire election and now 10 contained. Cal from their homes d. The czu complex is burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains and the southern end of San Mateo County. 50,000 acres have been charred, and the fire is still zero percent contained. 64,000 people are under evacuation orders. Cal fire said at least 50 structures including dozens of homes have been destroyed, but that number is expected to grow. For those frying to get out of the Santa Cruz Mountains today, it has not been easy. Gridlock was described as they tried to leave. You could see people packed up, trucks backed up, trailers backed one motor homes leaving. It was have a very slow crawl. Reporter multiple towns in the Santa Cruz Mountains and toward this coast have been evacuated, including boulder cream, davenport, and pescadero. This is a live picture. This is jonathon cox of cal fire. Lets listen in. So seven clear on what that means
Was on fire. Reporter thats andy immel standing in the photo surrounded by whats left of the home he built over 42 years. H nifds gandline. Nd tdher, j s big cry. Before that it was we dont know, maybe. We kept hope. Reporter but on that morning that the immels were still hoping, this is what was happening in their neighborhood and all over boulder creek. By morning it was all rubble. The bits and pieces that make a home completely charred. This street, fallen leaf drive, completely devastated. Still there were streets that prove just how unfair a fire can be. Her burned to eground. That just goes to show that we dont have the resources on it that we would normally. If this were a normal situation where, say, this were only one or two fires within the state, we would have more resources here. Reporter cal fire crews stretched thin, dealing with this kind of work. Spot fires that are smoldering slight change in weather conditions. You dont really grasp what it really means to be in that