Taking a live look at washington. It looks so clear there, doesnt it . Good morning. Thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. Havent been clear in a while here. Im Marcus Washington for you this morning. Mike, hope has a clear forecast for our roads this morning, but, first, we have to start with the weather. Meteorologist kari hall is tracking that for us. Our skies havent been clear in a long time. Today going to be any different . I dont think so. Were still looking at a lot of smoke coming in and those fires continue to burn and so until we get more containment and more of those fires put out, were still going to have unhealthy air quality. Thats going to be talk about ws orange coming up in a couple but, mike, hows it looking right now for the morning drive . Well, im watching for the orange, but i see some red, as well. The orange over here in the trivalley. Southbound 680 right where 84 merges with that and a crash should be making its way to the shoulder with no injuries
9 00 p. M. For most of the bay area. So pretty much everyone except the immediate coastline under a heat warning or heat advisory as we head through the next several days. Due to the dangerous heat. Well talk about what you can expect specifically for your neighborhood coming up in a few minutes. Michelle . Mary, thank you. And due to the dangerous heat, state officials have issued a statewide flex alert for today and were all being asked to voluntarily conserve energy between 3 00 p. M. And 10 00 p. M. Concord broke the record high yesterday at 101 degrees. We spotted some people taking advantage of the slightly cooler temperatures last night to get out and enjoy the plaza in downtown concord. Iethe day, an ice cream shop near the square had a line out the door. Its good. Its nicer out here than it is at home. Lets go downtown and get something to eat. When theres excessive pete like this theres a lot of air conditioning use and of course that drives up the electricity demand. Everyon