Strank avantage of it while they can. The previous record was 14 days and that was in 2018 during the camp fire. Of course well continue to monitor the air quality as the potential for unhealthy air returns for us this weekend. Mike will have updates for you right here. You can always see the levels at abc7news. Com on our air quality tracker. President trump is once again challenging the nations top health officials, this time at odds with the head of the cdc. And they are disagreeing here on the time line for releasing a covid19 vaccine. While testifying under oath, dr. Robert red field told lawmakers no to distribution to the general public until late spring or summer of next year. Hours later President Trump said redfield was wrong, he claims that the government can start giving the vaccine as early as next month. The president also suggested that redfield misspoke when he said wearing a mask is the most effective way to fight the virus. It is not more effective by any means than a
Exposed to coronavirus. In a tweet last night, she said she found out that she was recently at an event with someone who knew that they were ifected. And so now she is waiting for her test results. The mayor says she is taking all the recommended precautions. Health Officials Say that she was not within 6 feet of the positive person for ten minutes which is considered to be close contact. She can keep working at city hall which has been closed to the public for months. Abc 7 is working to help build a better bay area by focusing on the big picture issues that affect allel of us including education. School districts around the bay area are struggling to devise the best way to resume classes this fall. Xwo Governor Newsom says the decision to reopen will be made based on safety and not pressure from president trump. Yesterday the governor emphasized that he will not be swayed by the president s statements during this week urging schools to bring students back quickly. Newsom says the sta
The question is, is it necessary . Tonight as the number of cases climb, heightened concern seems to be setting in. In Stores Across the bay area, the lines are long and in many cases, the shelves are empty. People arent taking any chances. Nbc bay areas ian cull joins us from the santa clara costco. If so many essentials are sold out, when are they expecting new supplies to come in . Reporter these shipments are coming and going all the time. For example, there was water going out tonight. They got some new water in an hour later. Some of those shelves are empty for good reason, doctors say. Public Health Officials are saying people should not be panicking, but they should get ready. The entire aisle of water and toilet paper sold out. In San Francisco, Hand Sanitizers and masks running low. And its not just the u. S. Grocery stores in italy and australia are out of essentials. When another shipment came into the costco tonight, these College Students saw the rush on water and joined
Fire officials are saying and residents leaving. Anywhere east of highway 128 between geyserville you need to evacuate. An Evacuation Order, river road, vineyard, River Rock Casino, all those areas need to evacuate. Phone lines were down. People were trying to get to us. Our cell phones dont work, phone lines were down. Someone looked up and saw red in the sky that we were able to evacuate. Reporter back out here live to show you the flames burning but also showing you the flames burning and the wind is beginning to pick up much stronger than before. Were pretty far from the fire. This is going to be the issue as the fire continues to burn. Well see how much longer we can stay here as the fire burns in the distance. Your safety is of utmost important. You can see how the winds have drastically changed and picked up. Be careful, pete, but get yourself to safe ground there. Take a look at this, time lapse video showing you just how fast the flames were spreading. The winds we could see g
Voluntary evacuations. We have live team coverage. Amy hollyfield and Lauren Martinez are in Sonoma County. We start with lisa argen tracking that critical fire danger. The temperature in San Francisco at 70 degrees. Offshore winds have been blowing all night. At the surface, not too gusty. Right now looking at 20 to 40mileperhour winds. This will continue through the 8 00 and 9 00 hour. Offshore winds bringing down the relative humidity here into the Single Digits. Elsewhere in the east bay and south bay, not as dry. We are looking at the relative humidity. Very dry at Half Moon Bay. Look at the temperatures in the east bay valleys, near record warmth in the upper 80s today. Could see 90s in San Francisco. Looking at very warm weather throughout the bay and at the coast. Thank you very much. The kincaid fire started around 10 00 last night in geyserville and it exploded to 10,000 acres. This map gives you a better idea of where the fire started. Its northeast of geyserville near john