Excessive heat warning for selanno county. And its going to be hotter the following day. Ill have a look at the forecast in just a few minutes. Spencer, thank you. This heat wave has prompted California Power officials to issue the first flex alert of the year. Today and tomorrow, theyre asking us to conserve energy, pau because they expect peak usage to be the highest in nearly 11 years. I want to show you realtime power use levels right now. It is 6 00 right here. And you can see this is a peak time for energy use. Its going to decline in the next few hours. But our actual usage, thats the solid blue line you see there. Its below yesterdays forecasted usage for today. Thats the dot t purpoted purpl. So we have 3,000 mega watts below the forecast amount, but we need to keep conserving. Were expecting another rise in temperatures, so were anticipating basically more power outages. One simple thing you can to do to save electricity, set your air conditioner five degrees higher. Dont use
Setting temperatures, and we could break even more records before the end of this week. Im kristen sze. And im dan ashley. It was cooler than yesterday today. Still plenty hot, but tomorrow is going to be warmer, a lot warmer. Temperatures so hot, they could be dangerous. Lets get right to Spencer Christian with a look ahead. We have sunny skies across the bay area right now. Todays highs, pretty hot in some spots. Numerous locations topped out in the number 90s. Right now, this is the view from the east bay hills. Just a little hint of coastal fog developing. 57 at Half Moon Bay. This is the view from mount tam. Its still warm, but no triple digits right now. 79 at napa, low to mid 90s in fairfield and concord at 89. The heat reintensifies tomorrow. A heat advisory for tomorrow, excessive heat warning for selanno county. And its going to be hotter the following day. Ill have a look at the forecast in just a few minutes. Spencer, thank you. This heat wave has prompted California Power
Thunderstorm activity over this year, and High Pressure is kicking in. 50s and 60s from the top to the bottom, from the west to the east. Upper 50s and low 60s with thunderstorm activity in the sierra. For us it looks a little bit warmer after these cool few days, mild on the coast that started warming yesterday. This theme will continue into friday and saturday. It is 5 01 am. We are quiet. Just the way we like it. There is a little bit of slow traffic, so i will not mislead you, but no major incidents is what i meant to say. Westbound 580 has some slow traffic. You will see slowing driving out toward the commute, 18 miles an hour at 205 which is pretty slow. Livermore to pleasanton looking good and interstate 8080 in both direction moving nicely 880 moving nicely in both directions. Very little slowdown as you make your way onto the bridge. An investigation is underway into the Deadly Police shooting overnight in livermore. Neighbors called authorities about a man acting strangely an
Good morning. Lets take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights are on with the 50 minute delay depending on which lane you are in but there is an average of 15 minutes or a little less. Traffic is not bad once you get onto the bridge. No crashes reported into San Francisco. Interstate 880 traffic moving okay. If you are driving on the peninsula the traffic is fine. We do have a new clash reported at 101 and that may or may not be causing slow traffic but we will keep an eye on this. It looks okay in from southern san jose into the airport area. It is 6 01 am. We began with a developing story in livermore where the police shot and killed an armed man late last night. Residents called authorities about a man acting strangely and it ended with the officers shooting the suspect and the house on fire. Leigh martinez is at the scene to explain the series of events that unfolded overnight. Reporter good morning. The police were here all night and morning. We are on the other sid
The bay but usually by 9 00 some of that moves out but it could be tough from oakland to San Francisco. Things are looking mostly good inland just a few clouds. We have a lot of low clouds continuing to push inland but the lows are much warmer in the upper 50s near 64 some at the coast so not long until we get hot with some clouds areas pushing near 90 and 100 degrees. For the baseball game tonight mild at 65 and mostly clear. Oakland in the 60s, alameda 62, San Francisco in the 60s. Temperatures have come up and it is not as cold as it was but there is a good surge in the fog. 59 halfmoon bay, 61 concord, 60 livermore, fremont 60, 61 san jose and brentwood 62. Inland temperatures are marching up and the coast and bay are getting near average and slightly above. 7 02, sal tells us the traffic is moderate. We have some slowing at the bay bridge but i am encouraged because there is not a huge backup. There is a small backup waiting on the bridge but the ramp from 880 is not as crowded as