Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. A heat wave in california has triggered the first rolling blackout in california for over 20 years with more possible in the coming days. The bay area beach town is begging people not to visit but unclear how that could be enforced. Who will be vaccinated first when the shots become available, and what california and other states are asked to do ahead of time. It is 6 00 on this saturday, august 15. Good morning. I am emily turner. I am devin fehely. Lets get to our meteorologist. Yesterday was bad but thats only the start. Here is the view over the bridge with no marine layer this morning but i dont think anyone is surprised to see that. Although we did cool down in the upper 60s in the city after being in the mid90s yesterday. We shattered the record of San Francisco from the gold rush. We will do it all over again today. We have intense heat again today and it could get technically cooler tomorrow but dont think sunday will fe
And now a new projection that we could lose another 30,000 americans to the virus by labor day. One officers view. For the first time were hearing from one of the men charged in the death of george floyd. Hear what he remembers about that day, plus see his body camera footage in the moments leading up to the deadly encounter. And wild attack. A biker gets too close to a bison and her calf while riding through a state park. Details on her injuries and why park officials had to track down the animal after the incident. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 secon secon seconds. I guess harris could be bigger than you think. But in the end its not going to matters because were going to win. Reporter the democrats hit a milestone in the race for the white house. Just 80 days to go, and the Democratic National Convention Starts next week. Joe biden had the audacity to choose a black woman to be his running mate. How incredible is that . Reporter the
For later today at 1 30 p. M. Eastern. We also expect more floor speeches on policing reforms after Senate Republicans introduced their bill yesterday. Now, live to the senate floor. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, our hearts are steadfast toward you. Lead us safely to the refuge of your choosing, for you desire to give us a future and a hope. Lord, provide us with grateful hearts to appreciate your mercies that are new each day. Today, give our senators the power to do your will, as they realize more fully that they are servants of heaven and stewards of your mysteries. Give them your perspective on their daily tasks and every decision they must make. Remind them that people usually dont care how much you know until they know how much you care. May faithfulness to you become the litmus test by which they evaluate each action. We pray in your powerful name. Amen. The
Advisories still impeach across the bay area and in pink for Solano County excessive heat warnings remain in effect through 07 00pm tomorrow. And these are going to be our hottest areas up in Solano County. Still the triple digits for many of those cities. 50s and 60s closer to the coast in the bay. Well temperatures wasting no time in climbing at san jose a word livermore to dublin conquered pittsburgh and fairfield slows cloverdale all back into the 70s had its only 08 00am a sign of things to come later today which will still be some really hot weather. Antioch back up into the triple digits conquered of livermore close enough that 99 degrees each opened a word in San Francisco will enjoy that sea breeze that will cool down temperatures a few degrees. Well for other spots like san jose, hardly feeling a difference at all 97 degrees was your record breaking day yesterday in san jose and today 96 degrees so today and tomorrow not much relief just yet still in the bulk of this heat wav
Ave to hospitals. E getting bathose ators, othn veanothesar currently being refurbished. Reporter the governor made sure to emphasize that the vents are on loan and could be called back at a moments noce here. To the extent that other americans need our support, our largess, well be there for as people as we possibly can, but know this, were also taking care of our 40 million in california as well. And at the same time, bay area businesses are ramping up production of ventilators. We got a tour of evolve Manufacturing Technologies in fremont today. The company normally makes medical devices such ou b analysis mneve is switching ove ventilators. The company is setting up a new production line, and it will makeup to 50,000 machines a month. In normal times, a ventilator would probably take 6 months in an ordinary cycle to get. With tremendous trouble, maybe 3 months is very, very aggressive. So everybody is trying to really do the impossible right now. More than 350 businesses and manufa