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
Expecting as far as temperatures. There are going to be record breaking temperatures. So we are really ramping up. We are making sure that we are bringing in crews from areas that we dont expect to get hit so hard to places like livermore, concord, the south bay. Maybe the north bay. Just to make sure that we sufficient crews to respond to mi potential outages. Reporter what kind of temperatures are you expecting . Any ideas . It is going to be well over the 100s in parts of the ears bay, even much higher than that. We have our Meteorologist Team thats been tracking this. They are using technology that helps us pinpoint where we can expect outages and where we need to have extra crews on hand. Reporter to that end, there is something that customers can do. What can customers do to make it easier on themselves and for you . We want people to conserve of. Cal iso has called that flex alert. Between 1 00 and 10 00, be mindful of your usage. Be careful of your appliances, weak,washers, vac
Morning, september 1st. Im pam cook. And im dave clark. Lets get to the forecast. Lady and the mood,. The twins. Very, very good. Yes, i recommend them. Going to be hot today and that includes the city. I would not be surprised if the city comes in at 100 degrees. It would not surprise me at all. 110 in santa rosa, heat warning, heat advisory, excessive heat warning. Take your pick. Its warmer officially. The official temperature in San Francisco is 71. That is warmer than stockton, vacaville and livermore. Put that one down in the old weather diary. May not see that again on a september 1 for a long time the coast is always the toughest part because interest is always a teeny bit of fog an could have a temperature spread. Sausalito hit 97 yesterday. You get that offshore breeze and all bets is off. The fog is not a factor down to monterey, at least not yet. Some low cases in the 70s. Cupertino, 72. 61 in sanest cruz. 21 bolder cruise. 61 local. We have a lot of fires from the north an
Afternoon. It is going to be a scorcher. Drink plenty of water and make sure that you take care of the children, pets and elderly. Shore line, San Francisco, north bay as well as down through san mateo and into monterey. This is going on through part of the weekend with temperatures usually hot as well. With the hot, dry conditions, add a little bit of wind and thats what we have in hour hills. We have heat and fire danger. That will go until tomorrow. It is an air quality issue. We have poor earl called around the bay area. Ill have more on what you can expect throughout the weekend. Well talk about the afternoon highs and tell you how long it is expected to last. The heat is forcing School Districts to cut their school day short in order to keep their students safe. Jessie, i see you wiping the sweat off your brow. I hear rose mary say its avenue going to be a scorcher. No, no, its already a scorcher this is the cool part of the day. It is already 99 degrees and its get worse. Kids a
Pretty cool this morning. 68 concord. Oakland 63. Livermore 62. Five degrees cooler than yesterday. Wind speeds 4 to 7 Miles Per Hour the direction of the wind is bringing karl the fog in. The west winds coming through. Thats also why we are cooling off. Coming up a storm system out there lurking in the coast. Ill detail that in a bit. We are tracking one accident this is along highway 4 in the westbound direction. Right near somersville road. Speeds at the limit. 30 minutes from highway 160 over to interstate 80. Over at the dublinpleasanton interchange, all lanes have reopened on the connector ramp. 27 minutes between 205 and 680. Looks looking fantastic all in the green heading into San Francisco. The white houses decision on daca has americans in limbo now living with the fear of deportation. Reporter jackie ward reports. Reporter good morning. California is one of three states considering legal action against the Trump Administration following attorney general Jeff Sessions announ