Not in a wall. The same story in alameda where also reached triple digits. You do not expect this in the bay area. It comes from will. I am from palm springs. This is cool. This is not. Hot humid and hazy. Seeking relief underneath the woods. No matter where you were in the bay area, it was hot. Several cities shattering records. Most of the bay area under a excessive heat warning. I was looking at the same models. A certain he was looking concerning this afternoon. Concerns. It manages the energy grid. Issuing a flex alert. Told to conserve energy her face rolling blackouts. In the end, the state worked with large customers to free up Energy Capacity along with consumer conservation. We know it can get tiring. There can be fatigue when they hear those warnings over and over again. Once again they responded. Thankfully no major fires sparked by sundays extreme heat and low humidity. The less fires the better. Even though the agencies are stepping up this holiday. Many resources heading
Smoke so thick the sunlight could barely shine through. Across the bay area people woke up confused as they looked like night. Ktvu was flooded with photos from our viewers who pulled out the cameras to capture the eerie orange glow that lasted for much of the day. Ktvus Jana Katsuyama joins us with more on how it all unfolded. Reporter this really was a first for many people here. This darkness during the day and the orange glow, for many businesses this was yet another setback. Almost like a dream, the entire bay area woke up to this. It felt like we were living on mars. Weed couldnt figure out what time it was, even if the afternoon was so dark and orange and red. It was apocalyptic. By 10 00 it was darker than it was at 7 00 a. M. Reporter the darkness and orange tent stretched from the bank and east contra costa county, like a nuclear fallout. Ash flying from the sky covered cards and straits. In San Francisco my friend said she had a hose down her car twice before it got all off.
Experience for hundreds of campers who got trapped by an outofcontrol fire in california. The creek fire has burned more than 73,000 acres since friday evening in the Sierra National forest. The only road out of a popular Recreation Area threatening the lives of more than 200 people. Military helicopters got there in time, taking everyone to safety. Cbs news spoke to one man who says he barely escaped. Were all in the water and we just we keep going down into the water to protect us from the embers. Some of the embers the size of golf balls. Winds blowing 40, 50, 60 mileperhour in some cases, some of the gusts. We keep going under and under and under. In my mind im going, are we going to die from the fire or from drowning . 20 people had injuries ranging from burns to broken bones. More coming up ahead on cbs this morning. A gender reveal party is to blame for a wildfire east of los angeles. Cal fire authorities said the el do fra generating pyrotechnic device used during the party. So
Coast. Right now 74 in San Francisco, 69 in mntai ba sutroower camera, air quality not bad right now. 60s in the north bay. So 23450i7b9s by 9 00, and 106 by the delta, 1 00 with 94 in oakland looking at those pinks, really kind of staying in the east bay valleys and well look for the seabreeze to strengthen a bit by later on tonight. But that brings in a high fire danger. More that coming up. And a statewide flex alert is in effect today. The extreme heat could strain the states power grid. So were being asked to conserve energy. Utility companies will focus on conservation from 3 00 p. M. To 9 00 impeachmen 9 9 00. So avoid using large an appliances, use fans and set the thermostat to 78 degrees. And if you are trying to beat the heat, you will probably want to stay away from ocean beac crow pn tay i not is live at ocean beach for us this morning. Good morning, lauren. Reporter yeah, mayor breed warned that Law Enforcement will be patrolling the area. The parking lot will be closed u
You can see outside of the Golden Gate Bridge. Theres no fog. No marine influence it is just hot inland air making its way all the way up to the coast. Many areas like berkeley are kicking off the morning at an uncomfortable low 80s, currently San Francisco at 75 well conquered at 76, north bay, some of our coolest temperatures in the 60s you are lucky to be in nevado right now are cool spot. At 63 degrees can surrounding areas do not have that cool feel that you so desire after a hot day. 80s 90s triple digits back to those numbers all across the bay area today may not be quite as hot as yesterday but we will still be dangerously hot for areas like livermore antioch at one 10 each well delay, ho conquered san jose fremont Mountain View napa nevado in santa rosa all easily triple digits again so it should come as no surprise that virtually the entire region except for the coastline is lit up in excessive heat warnings we will see heat warnings from areas like menlo park all the way up