To avoid circulating the virus in the first place. That is San Francisco mayor london breed now at 5 bay area officials sounding the alarm co to surge across the nation this as every bay area county is now back in the red or purple tier of the states reopening plan, thank you for joining us at 5 im pam moore and im Catherine Heenan in for ken wayne tonight. The San Francisco Health Department released a travel advisory this is asking people to avoid unnecessary travel leading to thanksgiving. Today the citys Health Director doctor grant colfax said San Francisco is also experiencing a big search and doctor colfax said while San Francisco is behind the National Average daily cases, the increase in the number of cases is still more widespread and faster that happened during the summer surge kron fours dan kerman joins us live now from San Francisco with more on all of this dance. Well the Health Director in the mayor trying to right the ship and do it quickly because they say if this get
Good evening. Im ken bastida. Im Juliette Goodrich in for elizabeth. Now at 11 00 and streaming on cbsn bay ea hos in danger as crews try desperately to get a handle on dozens of wildfires tonight. We have Live Team Coverage on the fires and the heat. First kpix5s joe vazquez is near the front lines of the hennessey fire in napa county. Joe. Reporter it is a warm night here in napa county along the grapefields here and there [ technical difficulties ] reporter folks here keeping their fingers crossed conditions will continue. Reporting live, joe vazquez, kpix5 news. We have new video in the past 90 minutes of the other wildfire burning in napa county. This one is called the gamble fire, this one burning about 600 acres near lake berryessa. Theres no containment on this one yet. Evacuation orders are in effect along portions of highway 128. Reporter im Katie Nielsen live. This is kill care road, an area where hundreds of people are still under evacuation warning tonight. Earlier today t
County mayor accuses pg e of lying to its customers amid widespread power outages. And a bay area woman makes a powerful statement on the first night of the Democratic National convention. My dad, marc anthony erkesa, should be here today, but he isnt. Hundreds of bay area bus drivers about to lose their jobs and their Health Insurance, some after decades behind the wheel. I just think its immoral. Good evening. Im ken bastida. Im Juliette Goodrich in for elizabeth. Now at 11 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area homes in danger as crews try desperately to get a handle on dozens of wildfires tonight. We have Live Team Coverage on the fires and the heat. First kpix5s joe vazquez is near the front lines of the hennessey fire in napa county. Joe. Reporter it is a warm night here in napa county along the grapefields here and there [ technical difficulties ] reporter folks here keeping their fingers crossed conditions will continue. Reporting live, joe vazquez, kpix5 news. We have new video in
Live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning. Right now, streaming on cbsn bay area, were looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera as we look out east this morning. It is tuesday, august 18th. I am michelle griego. I am len keise. And lets get your forecast with meteorologist mary lee and it is going to be another hot one for many of us. It will for sure. Temperatures are on the rise and it looks fabulous in green. I want to talk about what is going on because we have those wildfires burning this morning and i want to get to the current conditions. The hennessey fire is burning to the east of st. Helena and right now, temperatures are in the mid50s. Firefighters are against some warm conditions. The good news is there are calm winds this morning. For the marsh fire, burning east, temperatures are in the mid80s and winds northwest at six miles an hour. There are light conditions for the marsh fire. The deer zone fire, temperatures are in the upper 70s and h
This morning. Mike is keeping an eye on that commute for you. Meteorologist kari hall is tracking the weather. Yesterday, kari, the weather was nice. I did not work out, but i did take a walk outside to a restaurant. Oh, nice. We are doing whatever we can to take in our nice weather, enjoying a little bit more time outside. Thats where we are safest as we are trying to socially distance, too. A live look outside in walnut creek were starting out with some clouds and temperatures mostly in the upper 50s around the bay area as you head out the door. Well see it slowly warming up. A repeat of yesterday as we see cool coastal temperatures with fog, sunshine inland and a little bit warmer there. Well get a look at our microclimates and whats ahead for the rest of the week coming up. Mike, whats going on for the rest of the commute . We still have the construction going on in San Francisco, so lets take you to the maps where the sensors look pretty much green everywhere. Ive circled the alem