73 santa rosa, 82 by the delta and livermore and we talked about the dangerous heat wave throughout next week it is going to get even stronger. Heat advisory closer to the bay and the changes today come in as breezier on shore winds arrive in the afternoon. Few more clouds. Still a oppressively hot inland with 80s to 90s and near 100 around the bay but coming down at the coast and San Francisco. Power has been restored to the 220,000 pegme who lost power last night after a day of record breaking heat. Power grid operators declared a stage 3 electrical emergency last night due to increased electricity demand. It is if first time they have done this since 2011. The utility because of the emergency was unable to notify customers in advance of the wide spread outages and rolling blackouts. San mateo has 30,000 without power at one point and san rafael nearly 50,000 customers. Abc7 News Reporter spoke with businesses who arerad er tac f of communication. Reporter thousands were left in the dark across the bay area. No notification, and then all of a sudden we dont have power and it is 105 degrees. Reporter just one of nearly 50,000 san rafael pg e customers who were without power for hours. What about the people who are li oken yg oxhave, like, food in the freezer in their refrigerator. Its just, unreal. Reporter many small businessing struggling to stay afloat during this pandemic push to closeheir doors hours early. What we had available. The vegetarian combo, stuff that was already cooked so we can sell it out and not have to spoil it. And we try to push it with your registers, but the moment the c charge our customers. San mateo also experiencing power outages, Police Reminding Drivers to treat effective translates fourway stops. In san rafael. Abc7 news. And this morning people in vallejo should have water. Customers in the area of shadow ridge and burnham street were affected. The water departmentel deploy backup generators to pump water. Park rangers because base of extreme fire danger by a combination of wipds, low humidity and high temperatures the park will not be able to open. This applies to all visitors, hikers, bikers, campers and cars. The park will remain close until the fire danger improves, which could be several days. And in one of the warmest part of the bay area rolling blackouts are exactly what small businesss do do not need right now. Restaurant owner lisa ahmad says customers have been dining on the patio of her cafe despite 105 degree heat. But shes worried. Business is down 20 because of covid19. Rolling blankets this weekend she says would be catastrophic for her bottom line. Anything that needs refrigeration you are going to lose. And it is going cost, you know, 10,000 plus very easily. In just the drop of a hat. Just for a day. Yeah. Absolutely. Ten k. Oh easily. Just the meat alone. Parts of al maeda county were hit with out fortunately the power stayed on at ahmads cafe where you can see they hosted a small Independence Day celebration. And californias independent system operator is Monitoring Energy use and late last night the state closed in on the maximum available capacity of over 48,000 mega watts per minute. The last time we saw thisstream use was 2006 when the state shet an historical peak at more than 50,000 mega watts per minute. It is forecasted to peak lower today. More than 50,000 mega wat minute. It is forecasted to peak lower today. Serious financial problems with the utilities led to disaster. Rollic blackouts hit the bay area first in 2000 and by 2001 the blackouts spread to the entire state. And a transformer explosion is to blame for a power outage in martinez. Video shows charred debris on the ground fire says the transform blew after it got overheated causing the utility box next to it to then melt. In the bay the temperature reached 104 at memoriam beach. People all over the bay area headed for the river. Expect crowds to be much larger this countys asking out of towners to avoid crowding the river because of covid19. The county reported 140 new cases just yesterday. And on the peninsula, pacifica is discouraging visitors to the beach. The mayor says overcrowding and parking problems are exactly what she does not want to see in the middle of the pandemic. Considering closing beaches for the upcoming labor day holiday. And in the south bay, cooling centers will be open this weekend so here is a look at some of the locations. The mayfair, camden and Roosevelt Community centers in san jose. Cupertino senior center. Mountain view and campbell and saratoga and gilmore libraries and because of covid19 scientists urge caution is if the ac is blasting. They say it is especially important to follow the same guidelines like wiping down surfaces, wearing a mask and only stay as long as you need to. You can stay on top of the rolling blackouts and hot temperatures with the abc7 news app. Ke sure you enable those pushma alerts. Dozens of tahoe area residents rolled up the welcome mator visitors sort of, holding a roadside protest against out of towners. Urging tourists to stay away. Residents partly blame visitors for a surge in covid19 cases in the region. Tahoe has been ito the past few many from the bay area. The loc home and we feel ver compassionate wanting to keep the lake very pristine. Other tahoe residents disagree saying they need the business particularly with so many shops and restaurants struggling to stay afloat. Other places are closed down. And were open. In a few short months it is going to be freezing here and those places that have only Outdoor Dining are gonna have to survive off of take out. More protests are planned for sunday. All right lisa. We dont want people crowding beaches but people are begin o have to do something to break this heat. It is getting really hot out there. It is. But not only are you seeing haze from the camera, but subtropical moisture from the shout out could be a thunderstorm late today. The clouds increase. The winds increase and yes the temperatures coming up. 87 on top of mount tam right now. So that is well up 200 feet at the surface. Were in the 80s as well. Accuweather forecast is next. A thunderstorm, that will be interesting, lisa. Check with you when we get back. Also next, the struggle to control covid19 cases as and new research on raci weve always put safety first. And we always will. For people. For the future. And there has never been a summer when its mattered more. Wherever you go, summer safely. Get 0 apr financing for up to five years on select models and exclusive lease offers. Welcome back. Developing news from southern california. A new round of evacuations has been oshded because of the out of control lake fire burning north of los angeles. Officials placed triple digit heat has caused increase in fire activity. The fire has so far burned more than 14,000 acres and is only 12 contained. Bay area Fire Agencies have sent strike teams to the fire. Californias case count is now above 600,000 and another 188 deaths reported yesterday. A new worry as well. The weather for people who dont want to let their guard down. You dont wab to be in the building with some rickety old air conditioner. Thats a good idea. The state says they will densp billion to make sure everyone has a speedy internet connection. And while the number of Covid Patients in americas hospitals is falling, the number of daily deaths is unfortunately rising with the passing of 1,204 americans reported the last 24 hours. Abc7 reporter trevor oelt has the latest. Reporter this morning the on slugt of new covid19 cases isl slamming several areas. We cant hire enough people fast enough to keep up with demand. Reporter delays continue to be a rampant problem. In rhode island places like this are waiting as much as ten hours for a test. Now it is going on almost seven hours that ive been in my car waiting to get tested for a rapid test. Reporter in atlantas fulton county, Non Profit Company core, founded by Actor Sean Penn is giving millions of doll tsargre the mostulnerablevicesha sets an example not only for the state of georgia but for the rest of the nation. New Emory University highlight the pandemics staggering racial a ethnic disparities. In predominantly black units death rates are six times higher when compared with predominantly white communities. People say well were all in the same boat. I tell people, yeah. No were not. Some are in a dinghy. Others are in a yacht. Reporter Health Officials and medical workers are learning more about the virus every day. Patients who have recovered from covid19 dont need to quarantine or get repest tested for up to three months while in texas doctors say a baby who tested positive the day she was born likely contracted the virus in the womb. As some schools and colleges return, the university of North Carolina has reported clusters of at least five positive cases this two different residence halls. And the Florida Athletic Association has voted to allow schools to start fall sports later this month against recommendations from medical experts. She has Heart Disease and high Blood Pressure but volunteered if are the trial na saying she was inspired by her son ian volunteering too. I wasnt sure if they want me but it turns out that is exactly what they wanted. They want a Diverse Group of people and those who are vulnerable. Reporter abc7 new new york. A pop up covid19 testing site is opening in the south bay. Over Felt High School in san jose. Open from 9 00 to 5 00. Do dert. Children under 12 do need parental consent. And to cut down on waiting times you may be given a wristband for a time to return to be tested. And hooping today students in Contra Costa County will get Free School Supplies to help this year. Clarissa wilson is a 19yearold sophomore at San Diego State and starting the stu the bus Campaign Years ago. She received support from warriors ambassador and the. Lets get back to that heat that we are tracking. I told you lisa, ist a n relf. I do worry that this weekend, that was a friday. Saturday night might be pretty packed. Exactly. People need to find some relief from the heat and get it today with a stronger sea breeze. Even though we increase cloudin relative humidity but cloud cover is better to obscure some of that solar radiation than the full on mostlyunny sky and with that cloud cover were going the see a chance of a thunderstorm after minnesota for some locations around the bay. And live doppler 7 picking up on nothing. No low clouds or fog. Further to the south is the subtropical moisture around the Central Coast san lose obispo and continuing to be drawn up around a big dome of High Pressure keeping us hot. The subtropical pressure to the in gilroy. He downtown. Halfmoon bay 70. Walnut creek just a few clouds there. 73 santa rosa. Fairfield 87, already in the low 80s for concord. Livermore triple digits again foryever a hundred degrees today with the sea breeze and clouds around, about 88. So we are looking at some of the changes today. The heat wave continues overall though through wednesday. In fact it is going to spike after the weekend. Looking at the high clouds increasing today, the on shore flow and a slight risk of a thunderstorm tonight. Most likely is going to be offshore but nonetheless you can see the cloud cover here that will continue to ride up from the south throughout the day today, look what happens tomorrow on your sunday. There is more cloud cover. We saw a records broken yeste but the winds, coming out of the the south, will help out a little today. This is 5 00 p. M. Saturday. Look at what happens into sunday. The winds increase a little. With the high temperatures always watching out for the winds, it is certainly low relative humidity. Dupon dew points as well. Monday, 110 inland and tuesday even hotter. A renewed spike in our heat. This is wednesday. But as we get into thursday, then we are going to see widespread cooling. And that is going the take us into the week. 88 today in san mateo. You were in the low 90s yesterday, to near 100 on the peninsula. Your hundred yesterday in oakland down to 88. 95 San Francisco. 80 today. North bay upper 90s but little relief here. Back over 100 degrees. 103 in san jose, 96 today so weve got a little bit of cloud cover and wind that will change things up over the weekend. Heat wave continues though with the intense heat inland. Little more humid today and tomorrow but around the bay and up the coast, maybe 25 degrees cooler. Elsewhere though, the heat spikes again. Monday, tuesday and wednesday for everyone and thats when our advisories will let up and well begin to see some cooling thursday and friday. So that Russian River sounded pretty good, liz. I know. Four day, five day, long time of this heat. Yeah. Extended period. We usually dont see that. We want our fog back, right . I know. Carl, come back. Thanks lisa. Just ahead, have you seen the new netflix show indian match making a cal grad is on the somewhat controversial show and shes going shar if you have been on netflix lately. You may have seen indian match making, the latest series documenting modern arranged marriages. And the show has sparked some coronavirus and debate over its portrayal of Indian Culture. One of the women in the show is a cal grad who recently finished up a veterinarhip here in san fran she hopes it leads to change. Not for me. I didnt foresee. And im hear to help them. This is a clip from indian match making, the latest reality dating show you probably saw pop up on your netflix. If you havent watched it yet you might have at least heard what it is about. A top match maker from india who specializes in modern day arranged marriages. The india, the parents guide the children and the work of the match maker. Featuring men and women from india and the u. S. On the search for a life partner, including cal grad. When i realized the bay area connection i was eager to get perspective. The show has generated quite a bit of debate and not only because of the concept of arranged marriages. What. Reporter what did you think of the show. I thought it was good. Obviously it is controversial. There are a lot of things there that indians are upset about. Non indians are confused about. So it is a lot of conversation gathering, which is anything you reporter shes 28 and first generation american. Her parents from india has an arranged marriage. This is her First Experience using a match maker and she could do it again. You learn to everyone everyones fault. To me there is no difference. In fact arranged marriage is really no different than a friend introducing you to someone. Reporter it isnt necessarily by critics of the show say it glosses over some of the darker sides of the tradition. Membership and women pressured by their family into marriages the pressure to stay in them and marrying outside your class. I watch the show. I shes the curator of the berkeley south asian radical history walking tour. She has mixed feelings. I think one of the reasons the show might be controversial is that we dont have as many representations of south asian culture, of Indian Culture in our media still. And even when we have those representations they often tend to, you know, still focus on things like poverty or in this case arranged marriage. West. Ngs that are still a she admits somg of what the show reveals is spot on. The women more than the men are told to compromise. Colorism is often an issue. Match maker often mentions the fairness of someones skin. It is real and also very traumatic to hear that being said about some of the participates in the show. Who i think some of the participants are really independent women. Well aware the aspects still existing within Indian Society and not immune to them. Even while watching the show she was surprised to see a face reader make an upsetting comment about her. One line about me the face reader made was that if this match doesnt work, then her future is bleak. Thats what he said about me. And im like, i really hope thats not true. Because, you know, i just hope that is not true. Still rashi is grath glad the show included these moments and is hoping it will spark change. Were we may not be slim and trim but were educated, were confident people and isnt that what really matters in day and age . And in the meantime, sorry, spoil aloert she didnt mend up with her match so if you are watching. Longterm goal is to be back in the bay area and not locked down area. But im single and ready to mingle. So, you know, hook a girl up. Few weeks ago she moved from San Francisco to los angeles. I want to thank her for being so candid and open about her experience and hope she finds her match. Still to come. The usps says mailin ballots may not be returned soon enough to be counted. What are americans to do as the president threatens to Block Post Office funding . And what started out as building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. If you are just joining us we are tracking the heat this morning. So lets get another quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. Good morning lisa. Good morning liz, high everyone this heat is going stick around well into next week. Over the weekend. Right now were looking at a beautiful view from our roof 0. On friday. Francisco, 69 sea breeze kicks up. 77 in san jose. Mount tam, hazy. 73 santa rosa. 87 by delta. Dangerous heat wave, especially inland for increased risk of heat illnesses and were looking at our heat advisory closer to the bay. With more on shore push, increasing clouds, we are running the risk of perhaps a slight chance of a thunderstorm later on President Trump threatening potential defunding if are the Postal Service. B abc News White House correspond