Boy elementary since 5 00 this morning. We have had a chance to see some of the teachers come in excited to teach as well as the students and their parents. For some of those younger children particularly kindergarten this is the first time they have been in their building and hard to believe that as we are a day away from december and coming while marin county is the only one in red surrounded by purple. Here is a look. We broke the numbers down for you. 51 counties in the state of california are currently in purple category. Just six, including marin, are in red. One lone county Sierra County is in orange. Important to note the purple counties represent nearly 40 Million People or 99. 1 of the states population. Despite those numbers, Mill Valley School district is reopening all of their Elementary Schools and their middle schools for students to return. Parents are required to complete Daily Health Screenings of their children before they go to school and they are asked to drop thei
I am michelle griego. I am len keise. Lets get to meteorologist mary lee with the hot forecast. Here we go, we are looking at our extreme heat continuing for us today and with it, with those daytime highs, likely tying or breaking records. We have some cooling centers open. Santa rosa will have them from 11 00 to 7 00 four people trying to get some relief from the heat at Rincon Valley library and the Salvation Army senior center. If you do go out there, you will need to wear your mask as well as social distance. In santa rosa, highs are in the triple digits. It is 104 in concord and around the bay, low to mid 80s. 80 for San Francisco and 86 for oakland. Because of this extreme heat, excessive heat warnings remain in effect due to this persistent and dangerous heat and it remains in effect not just for today but actually through 9 00 wednesday. So we are still looking at the heat and going to cool down a little bit. Temperatures will be slightly erdeils up in just a bit firefighters a
Bay area. Our chief meteorologist, bill martin begins coverage with a look at this unusual weather system. Now . Frank, it was. We do see thunder and lightning sometimes in august and september and october on the subtropical moisture moves north but the system, unusual in its aerial coverage. It covered all bay area counties, and lasted a long time. I backed the radar and imagery all the way back up to 2 am this morning. Watch what happens. Look at these Lightning Strikes. I have seen a wave come through like this in the bear area. We all have once every 2 to 3 years. Is going off at the 56 and look what comes right behind it. Another wave, equally as powerful at 6 am and get another wave, two and three waves slide through. Look at this. Hundreds and thousands of Lightning Strikes. Many fires started. An unusual event by just sheer numbers of Lightning Strikes and again, everybody was included. Nobody missed out on this Lightning Storm so you are seeing somes pictures. As i get up to t
Im like were shutting down . We just opened back up. The confusion and frustration after businesses that just reopened today were told theyd have to close right back down. Good evening and thanks for being with us. Im raj mathai. Frustration is the key word here. Summer will soon blend into fall, and we could be in this altered reality for another year. Tonight nbc bay areas roz plater shows us the frustration firsthand. Reporter Santa Clara County announced that new order late this afternoon. You can imagine the confusion and the questions it raised. Darlenes day had been pretty updeau upbeat until we delivered her some bad news. When i got the call from you, i thought it was a prank. Im like, were shutting down . We just opened back up. Reporter in fact, it had been grand reopening day in the county for gyms, nail and hair salons after being shut down for four months. But then the county found itself back on the states watch list and after the governor announced new restrictions as c
Up in a few minutes. Right now, we are dealing with some recovery work from an earlier accident that is taking quite some time for lanes to clear from. This is south 680 right at sonoma. They were shut down to an overturned accident. Only one lane is open. Traffic is really backed up out of pleasanton into sonoma. 84 is your alternate. It is not looking all that much better. You might want to drive down 580 to 230 but there are the lies. We have breaking news out of the Seattle Washington area. Two officers were shot overnight, one of them has died for the other one looks like its going to survive. The suspect is in custody but it all started when a driver led police on a short car chase before he got out of the car and started running. There are a lot of questions about exactly what happened next at that point but shots ring out and the two officers were hit. Police then sent out to be on the lookout to the entire area in the downtown area here. The suspect was taken into custody a co