From the bay areas local news station we begin now with that breaking news takes us here to oakland where firefighters say unfortunately theyve gotten control of this brush fire thats been burning dangerously close to 5. 80 threatening several structures. But again it appears firefighters aggressive attack has prevented destruction and perhaps worse thanks for joining us said 8 oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis the fire broke along west bound 5. 80 east of 35th avenue at the overpass there. At one point it was upgraded to a 3 alarm fire more than 50 firefighters answered the call. Another the fire is contained as grant said its still a very active scene. Kron fours taylor sackey joining us now live from the scene and taylor. What a tense afternoon and early evening for firefighters. Address thankfully things are looking much better and firefighters were able to get on top of that fire very quickly of course its now contained and behind these fire engines you would s
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A coat this morning. Its a little chilly. I was thinking the same thing. Good morning to you all. Lets bring in rosemary to talk about this. I forgot what that chill in the air felt like until this morning. It is so weird. And my cold . I am glad to see but its a definite change in the weather. Yes. You need socks this morning, for sure. We are a little bit cooler and we will be cooler for today but it wont last. We start a warmup tomorrow and it is a warming trend that will last for a few days and may be several days. For today, the deeper green layer is out there. A bit of an onshore breeze this afternoon. Temptress coming down by a few degrees. I will have a better look at the Current Conditions and what to expect for the afternoon and will look at the rest of the weekend coming up in a bit. Truck protests continue around the bay area after the Police Shooting of jake it jacob blake in kenosha, wisconsin. Demonstration dancers are calling to an end to Police Brutality. How san joses
And ellen book tv, we would like to highlight some programs from our archives with political, p. J. Orourke. Over the past 20 years, if youre in a book be close to 20 times. For supplement 2007 our Monthly Program in depth, p. J. Orourke discusses politics writing in white his humor to address political and social issues. Is a real picture of you. P. J. Yes pretty i was i would guess that was 1971. The point positive. I think abortion left would be the easiest way to summon up. I was a leftwinger. But i did not make enough sense to actually be a communist or anything of that. Statement. The transformation occur. P. J. Is gradual. I can just wrote about this. There is a book coming out from the over institution. They are backing this. As cold why i turned right. Its a story bunch of us why we came became salons tournament tell it. Luckily the short version. I was a radical leftist. Very much in favor of marxist socialist. In america. I get a job. Paying 150 a week. I was a messenger in
Portions are in still have some of our very worst of air quality and that is bound to shift over these next few days, well keep you updated on your air quality right now were in the 50s and 60s nice cool start to the morning in fact today in general will be a lot cooler than what were about to be so if you have to get some outdoor errands done maybe a little bit of yard work i would definitely recommend today were going to be warmer than yesterday but nowhere is close to as warm as the next few days will be antioch at 93 today hayward and fremont in the upper 70s, oakland to the mid 70s today now to the heat which begins to grip a starting tomorrow in fact from saturday through monday. The bay area all of us will be under either excessive heat advisories in the peach color to excessive heat warnings in pink for areas further inland on the peninsula daytime highs during these days will range from anywhere from 7 to 8 to a 100 degrees at some of our areas further away from the coast, sou