Meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here to time out when it could get smoky again in the bay area this weekend. Thanks for joining us at 5 oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis we start tonight in the north bay where the Sonoma County Health Officer says there has been a widespread outbreak of the coronavirus at 13 preschool and Child Care Centers all told 62 people have been infected that includes 25 kids, 27 of their family members and 10 workers at the various preschools none has needed hospitalization and the affected preschools and Childcare Centers have not been named. Doctor sundaram massey says the source of at least 30 infections appears to be one child. The startling announcement comes as were also learning one of the largest districts in Sonoma County will be practicing distance learning. For the rest of the year. Santa rosa city schools voted unanimously to keep kids out of the classroom. Citing the county status in the most restrictive tier of the states reop
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History and the lnu complex the third. Add in the czu complex and the fires burned nearly 732,000 acres combined. There are 560 wildfires burning throughout the state, many sparked by lightning. At least 965 structures destroyed, many of them homes. Heres a quk look at how widespread these fire zones are. The north bay, primarily in napa and sonoma counties and spread out among lake county. The scu complex aparts santa clara and costa con thtra counts and the possible threat of new thunderstorms is a main concern right now for firefighters. Good morning,l lisa. What can we expect . We have a red flag warning. The weather watch is elevated through 5 00. We have dense fog at the coast creating calm winds a. Layer of smoke among the fog at about 800 feet and looking still in the possibility of gusty winds and lightning threats as we go through the overnight hours tonight into monday morning. Air quality right now is poor, unhealthy. Perhaps having issues in livermore. You can see the red
There is too much warm air, it is down on the deck. There is reduced visibility and miss drizzle around oakland. Santa rosa has a halfmile of his ability. Reduced visibility is showing up. The fog will burn off. 5559. Santa rosa is a location with fog, warmer for most. On the immediate custody will not be, but the low clouds have fog. Warmer temperatures today. Sunny for all as temperatures make the move. Near average to a little bit above for today. Lets get over to sal, it is friday morning and he will be telling us to this time that we have better news . Yes, northbound traffic is moving along pretty well. As you drive past to the coliseum, it was slow. They are picking up roadwork in the fruitvale area. When you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, it is light. Usually it starts aslant 6 00 but it is a friday. Lets go back to the headlines. We are in for a hot and smoky bay area weekend. The operator of the power grid has issued a flex alert, asking us to conserve energy. This comes a
To hot weather expected although not quite as hot as we were early in the week. Temperatures similar to yesterday after taking a little fall. Temperatures around antioch in the upper 90s. Pacifica and Half Moon Bay in the mid to upper 60s. The cloud and fog is back. What to expect for this afternoon, coming up. Lets check on the highways now. Good morning. We have traffic doing very well. I want to talk about the east bay where we still have slow traffic that wont go away, it seems. Theyre clearing a crash that was a hitandrun at south 81 near whipple in that house traffic going slow. Otherwise, San Francisco had a stalled vehicle in an earlier accident that excluded. And traffic into San Francisco from east bay looks okay. No problems on the Richmond Bridge this morning and on 880 in oakland, this traffic is moving along very nicely. Brick newsprint more destruction caused by the walbridge buyer, part of the bigger lmu complex fires in the north bay. This video from this morning showi