There where the fog is. Meteorologist mark tomaio has been talking about the a. M. Fog and hazy skies today. Looks like the air quality is slowly getting better. At least than it was earlier in the week. Wednesday welcome to mornings on 2. Its been a stressful time. We could all use a little laughter. Tommys t comedy club is coming to the rescue reopening this friday and holding comedy shows outside. Because of covid19 shows are going to be held in the parking lot at the location on hop road. Attendance is limited to allow for proper social distancing. And masks are required for all guests comedy under the stars has sold out for this weekend but more dates are being added. As i bring in mike and gasia, doing comedy is hard. I can imagine it might be just a little harder even to do it in a parking lot with the elements in play. Right, youre looking at this audience and they all have their faces covered. Ive heard from so many comedians who say you have to read a room to get what they wa
Contained. 80,000 acres of burned there so far. Cal fire is expected to give an update on the ccu fire any moment now. We are monitoring the briefing and will update you with any new information a bit later in the newscast. In the meantime, progress made by cal fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains may allow for people to return to their homes by early next week. More on that from ktvus jesse gary. Backfiring like they call it is under very specific conditions. We dont just use it for whatever. It is not just a random action. It is a very planned event that we use for the fuel. We bring that fire line to a safe area. Reporter late wednesday, cal fire cruise intentionally lit fires in the missive and make a brush fire, burning portions of santa cruz and san mateo counties. Firefighters are testing the viability, doing multiple controlled burns in the area bounded by l soil road to the south and how low road to the north. We want to contain the fuels between the control line and the main fire
Freedom to see Americans Strike each other down. We will have law and order on the streets of this country for every american. The Vice President speaking from baltimores historic fort mchenry, he wont be safe in joe bidens america. The Vice President told the National Audience that President Trump has followed through on his pledge to make America Great again and he asked voters to give them four more years. Our political reporter greg lee is here. Tell us what Vice President talked about tonight. Reporter the Vice President hit a number of issues. Chief among them, reinforcing the campaigns theme of law and order. I humbly accept your nomination to run and serve as Vice President of the united states. Reporter Vice President mike pence officially accepted his partys nomination on night three of the Republican National convention. Pence praised the president s response to the coronavirus, touting the economy, Foreign Policy in support of the military. President trump has been fighting
As well as portions of sonoma and marin counties this morning as we work our way through the morning visibility shouldnt be too much of an issue for most areas as fog will be sitting right above most of the bay itself at the coast though is where youre likely to see some visibility impact so well as areas along highway, one o one up in the north bay by the time we work towards 10 to 11 00am this morning as were going to really start to see a lot of clearing alongside the bay and inland with fog remaining pretty steady out along the coast and streaming back through the golden gate into the early afternoon. So not a whole large window of sunshine for coastal areas like we did see over the weekend with a lot of sunshine all the way out to the coast. Now skies today well eventually clear out as they promise to you and that is eventually going to help temperatures to rise back into the 70s right alongside the bay after these 50s 60s this morning with even warmer temperatures for inland area
Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Two dozen inmates at san quentin prison have died from covid19. Today we learned a guard who spent his entire career there is the first staff member to die from the disease. Hello, thank you for joining us. Im eric thomas. And im dion lim. A south bay family now mourning the loss of a beloved husband, father, veteran, and longtime corrections officer. 55yearold Gilbert Polanco died this morning after a long battle with covid19. Polanco is the first guard at san quentin prison to die from the virus. Abc7 news spoke with the family today. Cornell barnard is live in san jose. Just so heartbreaking. It is a heartbreaking story, dion. His family says he wascovirus f corrections officer will live on. He is a good man. Were all devastated. Family and friends mourning the loss of 55yearold sergeant Gilbert Polanco who died at this San Jose Hospital sunday morning. He was a longtime corrections officer at san quentin pr