Lightning strikes has ramped up to 19 offshore. So well have chances of thunderstorms in the forecast tonight. Not much right now in widespread rainfall, a few scattered showers out there. Heres our live camera in san jose with mostly cloudy skies. But things will be changing. Look what happens about an hour during the 6 00 to 7 00 hour. The coverage will be increasing over the next hour or so. We could have thunderstorms moving quickly across the bay area by 9 00. Another system approaches the area thursday night and maybe more rain in your fiveday forecast. More on that in a few minutes. Every time it rains this winter, its going to cause concerns for many homeowners in the north bay, especially in the burn zones where is the potential for flooding and mudslides. Its been nearly three months now since those Deadly Wildfires broke out and many people have started to rebuild. Ktvus tom vacar joins us live from santa rosa with more. Reporter when this santa rosa hillside neighborhood bu
Are being proposed for sacramento are very well intended. But there are a lot of it very focused on homeless folks and folks who are below the poverty level. Reporter the rich can afford the houses. Mmhm. Reporter we know the poor are going to be helped by these. What does all this do this for the middle . Make it faster to build housing. Until dynamics at the local government level is changed, and they become more accommodating to housing, we will fall short of what we need for working class people to afford a home. Reporter and as we said, its not just money. Its also suburban areas having to do their part and that means possibly Venture Developments and more houses. But there is tough resistance up in sacramento. So this is a nip and tuck as they try to wind this up before the legislative session ends. Meanwhile, in the bay area, the crisis continues. Outside cordelia junction, phil matier, kpix 5. Back to you guys. Now to a bay area professor who cant afford a place to live and is
The last time San Francisco hit 100 degrees or near 100 or at 100 degrees was 18 years ago. And this is one of the since 1874, theres only been in San Francisco 10 days of 100 degree readings. That is amazing to me. I mean, thats how significant today is. And with that said, theres major heat. A heat warning for the entire bay area. Now, that extends to bakersfield in Southern California, los angeles, hence the flex alert. You also have a fire danger, a red flag warning and you also have a spare the air day. So it is baking out there. Here are some of the current numbers. My buddy mark tamayo is in livermore where we did an experiment. We looked at he has a very Accurate Temperature sensor. Its hot. 105. Put it down on the turf, it was a buck 21, right . Reporter yeah, topped out at about 120, bill. Yes, we have been in this heat. I have been Drinking Water for hours. Right now, this is an estimate of the air temperature now. 108 degrees according to this sensor. Im going to put this o
Administration calling it quits on the daca program , better known as daca. This was put in place so kids can stay in the country. Trump is said to have made his final decision over the past weekend. We are people of compassion, and we are people of the law. There is nothing compassion about the failure to enforce immigration laws. Many referred to as dreamers, rely on the program. The department of Homeland Security has now formally rescinded with a six month delay. Congress, according to the administration, now needs to address the issue. This is to go to legislation. The backlash has been swift in and in a unusual move, president obama has spoken and said these kids have done nothing wrong. Nancy pelosi calling the decision rule, and heartless. In the meantime protesters gathered around the country including new york city and the white house. I think he was ashamed of his actions, i think thats why he sent out Jeff Sessions to do the dirty work. They now have to figure out a solutio
More from miami. Reporter its one of the strongest Atlantic Hurricanes ever recorded. Irma, a cat 5 storm battering the northeast caribbean hitting st. Martin, st. Kitz and several other islands with 185 mile an hour winds, churning slowly north threatening to the entire western caribbean. I have no place to go. I have to stay here. I will live or dye depending how this storm hits us. The storm projected to hit florida hard over the weekend. State and federal officials including President Trump warning residents not to underestimate the danger. The storm is bigger, faster, and stronger than hurricane andrew. Well know in a short period of time but it looks like it could be something that will be good. Believe me, not good. Preparations are already under way with supplies like water and gas running low. The highways are clogged as anxious residents hit the road afraid of being left behind if there is a repeat of flooding we saw this past week in houston. The storm is pretty bad so we wa