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
Air especially with the air quality. Yes, its nice to at least see something in the forecast that shows we will be improving. Lets talk about air quality still unhealthy so still limit your time outside as these numbers have been well over 100 and weve also seen just a very light wind this morning not really helping mix out the smoke. Well talk about whats ahead in the forecast coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Kari, well show you with some live looks, the bay bridge toll plaza, for example, was just fine right now, an easy drive. A light volume heading over from berkeley down the east shore freeway. You get here with no problems. It is tuesday. We will see more traffic than yesterday. Getting from here down to the san mateo bridge well take a look. Things are moving smoothly on 92 as well. In between we have that construction crew on the nimitz so the southbound side still slow down to one lane, i believe, overnight for the next hour. Back to you. Thanks so much, mi
Marcus washington. Costa county and looking at harry and Meghan Markles next i know we have mild before we big netflix deal. Temperatures in antioch and you are watching today in the crank up the heat this weekend. Concord and reaching 86 degrees. Bay. Yeah, we better enjoy it today. Lets head over to foster city the hot weather and the weekend forecast coming up. Mike, hows it looking for the as you get ready to head out for your morning walk. We are, once again, going to morning drive . Start out with clouds and morning drive is all right temperatures mostly in the upper and we do have an issue, kari, 50s to low 60s and still in the on the peninsula. Lets get a look at your overall 60s throughout much of the day as we get sunshine, but at commute and the map shows no times, some drift of smoke major surprises. Coming in. Over on the left side slowing os were looking at temperatures that will be a little bit cooler than normal, especially in some of our inland areas where we reach int
In california. Good evening everyone, im frank somerville. Im julie haener. For some, it is a second night in the dark as pg e tries to avoid setting any catastrophic fires from its equipment. We have the timetable to get the lights back on. Remake the utility is sticking to its forecast. Winds die by tomorrow morning, then day long inspections and repairs. And if no surprises, powerback sometime tomorrow evening. This is what we are going to be dealing with for the next over 24 hours. Reporter santa rosas Oakmont Retirement Community is in the heart of the power ou smiling while plopping. Figuri this Fire Prevention blackout wont be the last. We are supposed to have these 50 to 60 mile an hour winds this morning, they havent developed as of now. Reporter pg e says the wind did materialize at higher elevations. A 66 mileperhour gust recorded on mount st. Helena. What the heck is pg e doing . What have they done to help with the situation . Reporter the owner of oakmonts market sold 300
Smoke at levels releasing. Rarely seen. Today mark 25 days of spare the air alerts and they are now extended through at least monday. Take a look at this view from jack london square. Visibility severely limited. The oakland estuary disappearing into the smoke. He was was to blame, a massive smoke plume that extends off the california coast, breaking it up wont be easy. We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Our meteorologist tracking changes that will start to help. And how much exposure is too much. First we go to how the smoke is affecting everything from trash pickup to whether the 49ers home opener will even happen on sunday. The air quality has gone from simply being a nuisance to downright dangerous for a lot of people. Especially those with respiratory problems. Its also forcing some to respond in ways like weve never seen before. Folks, its smoke all over the place. No matter where you go. Mcnair quality expert assuming the big picture view of what many throughout the bay area ar