Including from lisa argen who has been on top of these weather conditions. We have a red flag warning until 11 00. Upper elevation winds, 39 Miles Per Hour up in mount diablo. Thats 3,000 feet. Mount tam, 2,000 feet, 22 Miles Per Hour. The upper elevation winds have come down a little bit. At the surface were looking at lighter winds, they will diminish throughut the day today. Right now in geyserville, it is getting chilly. 48 degrees. Winds out of the north, much lighter, 6 Miles Per Hour. Were looking at lighter winds, but not everywhere yet. We get a break later today. Red flag warning through 11 00. We have a spare the air alert. Patchy smoke in the north bay, drifting towards the delta. You can see it in the east bay at times today. Then well be looking for another round of some very gusty winds into tomorrow. So were lightening up today through the overnight hours, then looking at about 11 00 tomorrow when we begin to see more of those winds coming into play through wednesday. G
For today. Signals are not working. The power outage affecting safety. Due to the Power Outages, the rockridge bark station. A. R. T. S several other stations, the escalators are not working. The golden gate transit buses have delays due to drivers who cant get to work this morning. A dree totree down in lanes blo the slow lane on 24 near acalanes. Slow almost to the walnut creek area. Well be back in a couple minutes with an update on some of the road closures in the north bay. Thank you. Lets get you caught up on the latest information on the kincade fire. This morning it is burning more than 54,000 acres in Sonoma County. Containment dropped to 5 after being at 10 over the weekend. At last check 94 structures were destroyed. Were not sure how many of those are houses. 80,000 structures are in danger. Two firefighters were hurt yesterday. Two of them had burn injuries. One of them serious. About 185,000 people are being forced to leave their homes. This is the largest Evacuation Orde
Activity, from burn scape, now smolder scape, and considering all the property some how saved, the eventually they get home if more red flags dont keep them away. That will take a while in the entire country. Should anybody have to go through all of this. No, sir, this is insanity. Reporter for context, we checked in on Joel Chandler and his wife tina where hundreds of homes burned two years ago. They moved back just recently. Only to be evacuated again. Its all too much tina told us. Everything about this. Especially the smell of smoke. Yes, the smell of smoke, makes me nauseous. Reporter thats a mental thing. Its mental. Its posttraumatic stress. So many of our neighbors and friend have it. Its a real thing. It just feels like its out of control, you know. Its like its the same thing keeps happening over and over again. You know, its like, i know everybodys tried to make improvements but obviously its not working. Reporter as we come back to 101 north live again, that was Joel Chandl
The heart of union square. For some the very heart of San Francisco. Macys planning to close its Flagship Store downtown citing underperformance. The 400,000 squarefoot Department Store has shaped memories for bay area natives and tourists alike which includes this 21yearold sophia. I said oh my god. That is a stable. It has been here for so long, the building. Especially for union square. You think about macys. Born and raised in the city, sophia has fallen holiday memories at macys with the store the backdrop to countless parades and celebrations for 100 years. Christmas time , it was always filled up. Felt like new york almost. The impending closure will impact 500 jobs, but it will not happen overnight, it is estimated to take a few years to identify a buyer, union square emphasizes that will be a macys great tree in 2024. Still sophia says it will be hard to not have the familiar accessibility to the iconic store she has known and loved. When i was little me and my mom will come s
Swamp. Good afternoon, im audrey asistio. Welcome to nbc bay area news at 4 30. Our ian cull spoke to some people from the bay area who are deciding to stick it out for a little longer to avoid that mass exodus from the festival. Also good news for labor day travelers, westbound i80 in Contra Costa County is now set to open ahead of schedule. When crews expect the highway to be back open after being closed all Holiday Weekend. Plus, are the robots taking your jobs . That was the argument today from protesters outside of cruise headquarters in San Francisco. They say the robotaxis are threatening jobs and street safety, how cruise is responding today. And can a star chef help revitalize San Franciscos struggling union square. Two new cafes going into recently closed coffee shops. We sit down with celebrity chef Tyler Florence about his decision to come to the city. Well get to those stories in just a moment. First were going to start with breaking news out of oakland. We are learning an