Streaming on cbsn bay area, more local news, dramatic video of fire crews battled to stop flames as they roar over a santa rosa neighborhood. Getting word of major layoffs with American Airlines, how the government could step in. Some neighbors in san jose are alarmed about fires at homeless encampments, stunning new numbers. I am elizabeth cook. I am ken bastida, lets go to len ramirez, in san jose, the Fire Department says it is responding to an average of three homeless encampment fires every single day. Reporter thats right, every single day, the numbers are pretty shocking when you see them in black and white, but they reinforce what firefighters and neighbors havent seen the past couple of years, a surge of homeless campfires, many are worried that the fires could spread to them. Reporter the smoke from an outofcontrol homeless campfire billowing up under the to 80 overpass in downtown san jose, a neighbor cell phone camera was rolling when firefighters arrived second later. Firs
Live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning. Right now, on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area , we are looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera as we look out east. And new mandatory evacuations overnight in the north bay. We have more on that in a bed. Good morning, it is tuesday, september eighth. I am Michelle Griego. I am len keise. We are trusting gusty winds. Lets get a check of the weather with meteorologist mary lee. Wind gusts are up to 40 miles an hour in north bay mountains. Critical fire weather conditions and we are watching the winds take that turn out of the north and northeast. It is very dry air with that onshore flow. Red flag warnings are in effect for the north bay. Until 8 00 on wednesday, we are looking at low relative humidity values for the north bay mountains from 5 00 until 11 00 because of the possibility of downed trees and power lines and wind gusts up to 15 miles an hour in the north bay mountains. It is a big concern. Our
Advisories or excessive heat warnings but still looking at temperatures soaring in the afternoon. Lets get to our red flag warning. It is in effect until 8 00 on wednesday for areas highlighted in red, so that is for the north bay mountains and east bay hills and we are watching the winds. They are gusting up to 60 to 61 miles an hour in Higher Elevations this morning. It is a big concern for bius an also low relative humidity values. A wind advisory for the north bay mountains until 11 00 tonight, with possible downed trees and power lines with these strong winds. Lets talk about our temperatures. No longer looking at those incredibly hot temperatures. Were looking hot, just not as hot as yesterday. Mid80s in San Francisco and low 90s in oakland and mid 90s in san jose and triple digit heat expected for concord at 103. I will continue to go down through the week. Details on that with the future cast winds taking you through today into tomorrow coming up pick lets check in with gianna
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Lets get a check on these markets. We are waiting for shinzo abe to make the press conference this morning. Following that news we did see the dollar dropped against the japanese yen. We have pictures of shinzo abe at the podium in tokyo. He is stepping down two to Health Concerns due to Health Concerns. He is japans longest serving Prime Minister and will make these remarks this morning about why he is doing so. He is leading ahead of its term set to expire in september 2021. The Big Questions are abenomics and what it means for japans economy, quantitative easing, stimulus and structural reforms. Freaky arrows of his economic plan, many are saying the Silver Lining is the boj under kuroda will continue, and that will support the economy. He is taking the stand now. The boj plans to keep current pace in september. Lets listen to what shinzo abe has to say. We have been fighting against an invisible enemy. We tried to minimize the infection as much as possible. We tried to avoid sympto