Week. But darren is here to tell us about that. One challenge at a time. First lets take the excessive heat. Im going to show you some daytime highs that are a lot more impressive in 100. When you hit 100 in San Francisco, that stands out. We shattered the record for today which was 92 set back in 1904. Weve only hit 100 degrees in the city of San Francisco 12 times since we started keeping records officially back in the 1870s. And of those 12, nine of them have been in september. This is the most likely time were going to do it. The hottest temperature weve hit in San Francisco since the 1870s is 107 and we did that on Labor Day Weekend three years ago. This is our time of year you te impressive numbers now. 111 in livermore. 111 in santa rosa. All the red ones with asterisks next to them. All of them are records. And just to show you how far above records we were, you can see the difference there. Tomorrow gets a little better. But when the numbers are this high, a little better does
Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera as we look west this morning. Good morning everyone. It is thursday, august 13th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. Good morning. Grad to have you with us this morning. Lets get a check of weather now with mary lee. Good morning, mary. Good morning to you len and michelle. And we are looking at temperatures on the rise even warmer compared to yesterday. Really going to heat up by the end of the week. Heres a live look with our Salesforce Tower camera. As we look north across the golden gate bridge. And many of us waking up to clear skies as we kick off a new day here. Now lets show you our daytime highs. So we are going to warm up as we head through our day. So looking at those temperatures that are going to be above average for this time of year. Five to ten degrees above average. 72 in San Francisco. 79 in oakland and 89 in san jose. And upper 90s for concord. So four to 11
South bay due to triple digit heat. Dangerous heat friday into the weekend. And ill have detaiwthe bay bridge commute . Its already getting busy. If you are headed out the door and you plan on taking the bay bridge, check this out. Weve got a bit of a backup kind of earlier than usual this morning. Metering lights are on. An accident near the upper deck near Treasure Island. The lanes have been cleared now but look at that backup all that red on the sensors so its a slow ride working your way out of the east bay heading into the city. A back up all the way into the maze, westbound 580 and the eastshore freeway also slow. You have got brake lights as well as you work your way on the west grant exit over to the bay bridge. And the Altamont Pass, also heating up. More on that coming up in the next report. Len . Right now, crews in the east bay are trying to fix several water main breaks that have triggered flooding in parts of emeryville and berkeley. Hollis street is closed in both direc
Treasure island camera. As we look towards San Francisco and were starting off our day in some spots with mainly clear skies. Although low clouds and fog in oakland at 59. So in the 50s and 60s but check out santa rosa right now. Down to 49 degrees. So as we take you through your afternoon were going to see that sunshine. 72 in San Francisco. 79 in oakland and upper 80s in san jose. And upper 90s for concord. Well talk about that excessive heat watch for our inland locations starting tomorrow. Details on that coming up in a few minutes. Im anne makovec at the live news desk. And we are monitoring the ongoing repairs going on in the east bay right now. After several water main breaks causing localized flooding and we have hundreds of tht warvicei this is in both emeryville and west berkeley. It looks like east bay m. U. D. May have overpressurized the system in an area where the pipes were just too old to handle it. So the cause is still under investigation in emeryville. This is in the
Reporter with the heat wave moving in, covid19 has added a new layer of complexity to escaping the triple digit heat and sunrise bistro and catering in walnut creek spent 12,000 getting their patio and parking lot ready for Outdoor Dining only to add another cost today. This is a mr. To keep the diners school. We have 12 popup canopies to help with the heat and we did add the water misters and we hope for the best. Reporter at the contra costa employment and Human Services department got a cooling center with water and snacks available for people without airconditioning and today that requires a mask and only has room for 11 people. We covid19 we had 52 seats inside plus our outside area. Reporter sandy is worried about seniors and the homeless. The Senior Cooling Centers in the malls and shops for people go to get away like starbucks and mcdonalds, those are closed for access, so people could come here and sit. Reporter this comes increasing fire danger leading the Public Utility Comm