Witnesses shocked at the flames. Oh, my god, thats so scary. The latest on this Emergency Landing. Happening now, wildfire rescues. More than 150 people evacuated by helicopter when their only escape route was blocked by flames. The desperate situation and those fightingor f tir lahebo. This weekend is critical. Fears holiday gatherings could cause a new surgin coronavirus caseme aasnscari down to contain the spread. And battling back. Serena williams finding her mojo in a comefrombehind victory against fellow american Sloane Stephens at the u. S. Open. I hope that she saw her mama fighting. Did a tiny fan make the difference . Good morning. This is not a quiet and peaceful Labor Day Weekend by any means. Wildfires raging in california, forcing more than 150 people to be evacuated by heptpecolihoo s. Some people said to be critically injured. Meanwhile in portland, oregon, and in other parts of this country, its inflamed emotions over race, protesters throwing molotov cocktails, igniti
Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Were in for another day of sweltering heat across the bay area. The heat wave has prompted a Public Safety power shutoff over the next few days, all while people try to get out this Holiday Weekend afterpendg months inside because of the pandemic. Good morning, everybody. It is sunday, september 6. Thank you for joining us. Im liz kreutz. Today is the 20th straight spare the air alert for the bay area. Lets get right to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at what we can chargexpect today. Good morning, lisa. Good morning, liz. From the mid60s t the delta. Winds are light so the offshore component isnt with us yet, that will be late tomorrow. Water view shows the smoke smoks the various fires burning in california. A high of 94 today at the host. 80 in mountain view. 72 downtown. Mt. Tam a little hazy there, 18 already in 79 in livermore. Our 24hour temperature change, were building on the warmth of the overni
Bay area as well creating more moderate air. Right now its the lack of fog and warm temperatures. 69 in oakland. 66 in santa rosa. Were in the 70s in concord. 70 in livermore. 85 in los gatos. Half moon bay 55 degrees. Compared to yesterday, already 6 to 12 degrees of warming, that sun comes up at 6 44, thats important because we get our coolest temperatures about an hour after sunrise. We have about another two hours of cooling to go to lose maybe a degree or two. After that, numbers coming up. Good air quality so far for the most part, except for fremont and down by santa cruz, where it is moderate and of course our excessive heat warnings continues until 9 00 tomorrow with our heat advisory along the coast and once again, we are looking at potential records so a spare the air alert today, poor air quality inland and south bay, by 9 00, well into the 80s. Look at 1 00, we are 107 san ramon. How about 109 in gilroy, by 5 00 and well look for another very toasty day for labor day. Well
Im liz kreutz. Today is the 20th straight spare the air alert for the bay area and lets get right to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at what we can expect today. Good morning, lisa. Good morning, liz. Hi, everyone. More sizzling temperatures, certainly records will be shattered. We look at live doppler 7, nothing to speak about here. As we widen the view, thats a Lightning Strike just north of shaver lake from the fire there, the creek fire. Those pyro cumulus clouds high in the atmosphere creating their own weather and you can see the smoke by reno there, looking at some very poor air quality in the mountains. Our air quality expected to go down as well. 67 san mateo. It is 78 in daly city. 55 Half Moon Bay with 70s in san rafael. 60s in the north bay. Low 70s in the south bay. 7 to 12 degrees warmer than yesterday at this our. Air quality in the moderate category for most and looking at some of that smoke to drift into the bay area on some lighter winds. Excessive heat warning u
Meteorologist Lawrence Karnow begins our Team Coverage with specifics on just how hot it could get and searing heat around the bay area, not just your normal he way we see go to a 100 to maybe 103 degrees were talking maybe a 110 maybe even warmer in some spots breaking down your temperatures along the coastline, even heat advisory stated in orange here in effect even up toward the beaches, Half Moon Bay pacifica daly city youre in that heat advisory, but you do see temperatures mainly in the 70s and the 80s well above the average. But rather reasonably compared to the rest the bay area you can see just over the hill 90s maybe some triple digit heat in redwood city the south bay talking temperatures as high as a 104 degrees and then you get the east bay and were really going to get cooking youll see in place like new work in san lorenzo a cast valley but then as you get into Pleasanton Livermore tomorrow topping out about a 105 maybe a 110 by sunday similar temperatures to be found in