This says it all. Fire danger today is high as we approach another heatwave this weekend. Firefighters are gearing up to respond to potential fires. Fall heatwave, fire danger, and smoke. Ill have your weekend forecast coming up. The doj says San Francisco may be violating the constitution with its rules around indoor worship. Tonight opposing reaction from the religious communities. George washington, Abraham Lincoln, dianne feinstein, names that could soon be scrubbed from San Francisco schools. Why alumnis say the efforts are misguided. Abc7 news starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Temperatures are about to soar in the bay area as dangerous fire weather returns. Tonight pg e is warning about potential blackouts, some in napa county. Abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel begins our Team Coverage with what we can expect this weekend. Sandhya . Yeah, dangerous conditions are expected this weekend, dan and dion. Two rounds of gus
Live oak at the white house moments ago President Donald Trump says he and the first lady are awaiting coronavirus test results after a top aide tested positive for covid19. That aid flew with the president on air force one. This time in San Francisco union square is shutdown right now, police are investigating a shooting that happened after 5 00, we just got this video into the newsroom moments ago, police taped off the 100 block of gary street where there are a number of highend stores, we just learned one person has been detained for questioning, police are telling people to avoid the area, multiple buses are being rerouted. Crews are in the thick of it again in the north bay, battling fast moving flames in red like fire conditions. The fire now covers 88 square miles in napa and sonoma county, the biggest area of concern as the wind ramped up. The northern flank on the outskirts are at risk, People Living just outside city limits are being ordered to leave. I drove down here about
Grizzly peak or skyline boulevard from 9 pm until 6 am, until this red flag event is over to make sure that those roads can stay clear for fire engines, if need be. Live in health, adria, kpix 5. We went today cal fire crews have already dug enough containment lines, this season, to cover the distance from san diego to new york city. With the new red flag warning now in effect, they have their work cut out to surround the glass fire in napa and sonoma counties. That blaze now covers more than 88 square miles and is just 5 contained. The solid yellow on this map shows the mandatory evacuation zone surrounding the fire perimeter is in orange and the lighter yellow, like the area around st. Helena you see there, represents evacuation warnings. The biggest areas of concern right now, the communities of calistoga and anglin. It is not just the wind that is a problem. We have 118 aircraft yesterday alone, we dropped 80,000 gallons of retardant on this fire. Between the two counties. But obvi
Truly historic record of achievement. Reporter as a Supreme Court justice, she was best known for the farreach decision that struck down the military institutes menonly policy. They are now open. So, law firms, i remain optimistic. Justice ginsburg worked throughout her treatment for cancer in 1999 and again 10 years later. In january 2019 her recovery from surgery to remove cancerous legions forced her to miss oral arguments. She became something of a pop culture icon. With an impression of her on saturday night lively. Im going to step down now. You cant get rid of me. Reporter a documentary titled rbg after a nickname given to her by fans and a film focusing on her push for equal rights. She was a consistent liberal but she won the admiration of many conservatives for her grasp of the law and carefully considered opinion. Abc news, waug. The as the. Tributes pour in, a battle is already brewing for her replacement. Reporter hailing ginsburgs work as a champion of equality in a quart
Of mr. Trumps closest aides, hope hicks, also tested positive for covid19. Natalie brand is in washington. What do we know about the condition of the president and the first lady . Reporter well, a Senior Administration official tells cbs news the president is in good spirits. But huge questions and uncertainty remain about what happens next. The schedule ahead, the timing of this a little more than 30 days from the election. In a tweet just before 1 00 a. M. , President Trump announced both he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for covid19. The president wrote, we will begin our quarantine and Recovery Process immediately. We will get through this together. So i just went for a test. And well see what happens. Who knows . Reporter the Stunning Development came hours after President Trump confirmed to fox news that one of his closest aides, hope hicks, had tested positive for the coronavirus. She tested positive. And i just went out with a test. Ill see we spend a lot of