Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Were in for another day of sweltering heat across the bay area. The heat wave has prompted a Public Safety power shutoff over the next few days, all while people try to get out this Holiday Weekend afterpendg months inside because of the pandemic. Good morning, everybody. It is sunday, september 6. Thank you for joining us. Im liz kreutz. Today is the 20th straight spare the air alert for the bay area. Lets get right to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at what we can chargexpect today. Good morning, lisa. Good morning, liz. From the mid60s t the delta. Winds are light so the offshore component isnt with us yet, that will be late tomorrow. Water view shows the smoke smoks the various fires burning in california. A high of 94 today at the host. 80 in mountain view. 72 downtown. Mt. Tam a little hazy there, 18 already in 79 in livermore. Our 24hour temperature change, were building on the warmth of the overnight where we really didnt cool off. Overnight lows, mt. Tam, mt. Diablo, in the upper 80s. You see the yellows there with good air quality for now inctte 90 ov0,ereth by 20,hat out, 112 in livermore, 109 in concord, 94 San Francisco. I dont know if you saw that, for a time it goes up to 115 in parts of the east bay valley. The fog will come back but were also looking at a wind shift to bring high fire danger as soon as tomorrow night. More details coming up, liz. All right, lisa, thank you. These high temperatures have prompted a pg e Public Safety power shutoff watch for several places throughout the bay area for tuesday and wednesday. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena spoke to struggling Business Owners who are seeing the Financial Impact of the second heat wave of the year. Reporter its not the Holiday Weekend anyone picturix ar from that. Brg, teat waves, the fires, its like, what is happening . Its crazy. Reporter adding to the list, the second heat wave of the year. We had a heat wave a couple of weeks ago as well. Its like, you cant really catch a break in the bay. Reporter the national athervi calng i dangerous and lifethreatening temperatures. Its very quiet. We have a heavy takeout business, typically. People are coming to pick it up. Even with this heat wave, even that has started to dwindle. Reporter many businesses were hoping the Holiday Weekend would be their saving grace with outdoor dining. Not all the locations in the area have fans. Even then, theyre just blowing hot air at you. Reporter pe g has announced a Public Safety power outage for a large portion of the area from tuesday to wednesday. Right now no event has been called and no specific areas have been pinpointed and no customers at this point have been notified. Reporter but the potential of the operator calling for outages is still there. We have a very short notification window. Have an emergency does occur, we do have to pull those customers off. Reporter manynghi t shands. But what we can do is reduce internal use from 3 00 p. M. To 9 00 p. M. Each day. In pleasanton, luz pena, abc 7 ne news. With the excessive heat expected, cooling centers will open. In marin county, three centers will open today, mark red to it community center, Mill Valley Community center, and San Rafael Community center. In santa clara county, a center will open at the gilroy library. The extreme heat could strain the states power grid. Thats why were all asked to conserve electricity. There is a possibility of more rolling bu state power official now. Instead, Utility Companies will focus on conservation during peak hours like wened, fromthe ide flex alert runs through labor day. And many bay area beaches are closed for the Holiday Weekend due to the pandemic, so keep that in mind as well. In marin county, visitors are not allowed at Point Reyes National sea shore and tamalests bay. La Santa Cruz County has closed all its beaches except for a few hours each day. Pacifica has closed all its beaches until tuesday morning. On the peninsula, beaches are open in half moon bay. And despite pleas from the city for people to comply, many appeared to ignia distancing guidelines as they cooled off yesterday. In pacifica, people flocked there even though beaches were closed. This is highway 1. Local officials closed beachfront parking lots and city leaders say people suspected of violating the beach enclosure c face fines. Most of the beaches in the north bay are open, theyre popular spots this weekend. Abc 7 News Reporter anser hassan has more. Reporter Stinson Beach in the north bay was a hotspot for those trying to escape this weeks recordbreaking bay area heat. We have a friend who comes every saturday religiously so we wanted to join them this weekend. Reporter body boarding to football among the activities on the beach, while for others, just a chance to sit and relax. Ive been constantly in front of a computer working from home for so long that i just want to be able to relaxn en ironmanent. Reporter big crowds are a cause for concern. Cases of covid19 jumped nationwide after memorial day pattern after the fourth of july. On saturday, Stinson Beachs parking lots were packed. Theres always a concern. But i would say everybody, as you can see for yourself, is pretty much social anstdi people that dont know each other that are together. Most of the groups out here are pretty tight, theyre together and they know each ot but i think the social distancing out here is good. It is very family and friend for lunch in novato where temperatures were hotter than at the coast. Streets downtouwn were closed of for outdoor dining. Howard says the family just needed to be out. Even though its hot, i would rather do that than be cooped up in the house. Reporter Margaret ToddSenior Center has a cooling center that will be open on sunday. A rescue operation is under way for people trapped by the creek fire burning near lake and fresno county. More than 200 people have been airlifted to safety. 20 have been taken to the hospital, some with critical burn injuries. A military helicopter is continuing res unknown hcuow mae will need to be flown to safety. Its been a mess. One minute youre just sitting at camp and the next youre driving through flames, trying to save everything and get to the lake just so that we can get away from the fire. Terrifying for all those people out there enjoying their Holiday Weekend. Several santa rosa firefighters are on their way to help. 26,000 acres have burned since it broke out on friday. We have more now from reporter Brian Johnson with our sister station in fresno. Reporter hundreds of firefighters have responded to the fire but are up against high heat, heavy fuels, and dangerous terrain. It is steeper. It is thicker, you know, thicker brush. Reporter fire Officials Say dozers, engines, and aircraft are all being used to fight the blaze which sent smoke billowing into the sky throughout the day. We have our s2s, the big very large air tankers. We have helicopters that are available. So we do fight from the air as well. Reporter the fire forced the evacuation of communities like big creek, camp sierra, and huntington lake. Catchers staying near the mammoth pools also had to be airlifted out of the area after the fire compromised the only road out. Fresno county sheriffs deputies mobilized a team to help evacuate a group of people participating in an offhighway vehicle poker run near bald mountain. It will be difficult because people will be spread out all over the place up there. Thats why we have to use our offhighway vehicles. Reporter like many others, the kinsey familys Labor Day Weekend camping trip was cut short because of the fire. The sheriff came and told us that we didnt have to evacuate, but he was advising we do, because he didnt know if the fire would jump the road and we didnt get out. Reporter theyre headed back to fresno but stopped a few times. The orange glow in the sky was a sight to see. That was Brian Johnson reporting. Firefighters are trying to figure out what sparked the creek fire. Lisa, its obviously ahe heat will dry everything out even more. Oh, for sure. When we come back, i have a look at the fire going on wherendhe its generating, its unbelievable. Were going to get drier through the period. In fact recordbreaking temperatures. How hot, when do we get relief, ill have the answers next with my abc 7 news accuweather sevenday forecast. Thank, lisa. Also ahead, the czu complex fires have been destructive. How the community is helping those who have been on the front lines fighting the flames. Plus some Public School students in San Francisco will soon be able to get free meals again. California phones offers free specialized phones. Like cordless phones. phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced phones. Get details on this state program. Visit right now or call during business hours. Im szasz. [norm] and we live in columbia, missouri. We do consulting, but we also write. [szasz] we take care of ourselves constantly; its important. We walk three to five times a week, a couple miles at a time. Weve both been taking prevagen for a little more than 11 years now. After about 30 days of taking it, we noticed clarity that we didnt notice before. Its still helping me. I still notice a difference. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. And accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. Like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. phone ringing get details on this state Program Visit right now or call during business hours. Developing news this morning, a man was killed in a stabbing overnight in oakland, just before 4 00 a. M. On the 200 block of broadway. Officers found the victim and say he died at the scene. No suspect information or other details were available. Well keep you posted on that. Meantime, a check of how firefighters are doing across northern california. In the north bay, the lnu lightning complex has burned more than 375,000 acres. Its now 89 contained. Cal fire says crews hadtougher yesterday because of hotter, drier conditions. The scu lightning complex has burned more than 396,000 acres across parts of seven counties, the second largest fire in state history. It is now 88 contained. Cal fire expects crews to face tough conditions again today when temperatures could reach triple digits and the humidity will be very low. And in the santa cruz mountains, the czu lightning complex has charred more than 86,000 acres. It is now 68 contained. There are still some evacuation orders in place for parts of Santa Cruz County. As the community realiels from t happened, there was a chance to say thank you for those who put their lives abc 7 News ReporterLauren Martinez tracked down some of the firefighters and a fundraiser for them. Reporter through music, Boulder Creek resident chaz crowder was raising money for the Boulder Creek volunteer fire department. We just want to do our best to help the people that have literally risked their lives to help us. Reporter proceeds and tips from Ponos Hawaiian grill in santa cruz is their way of saying thank you. Those guys work really hard and they deserve a little break, a little something, a little umph, to say, good job, guys. Reporter sky7 flew over the fires path. Over 900 homes have been destroyed. Several in Boulder Creek. It was very shocking, seeing a pile of rubble, and just seeing the steps that lead up to what is nothing now. Reporter making egan and he family had only been living in their hom f one month. Their house is gone, while their neighbors house is still standing. They have no plans on moving. Seeing the house today has solidified my resolve to rebuild exactly on that land, on that property, around my neighbors, in that same neighborhood. And we will be the heart sank, you know. This has been so many places that have burned down. Im just glad we can help. Reporter you can still donate to the Boulder Creek fire department. We have a link on abc7news. Com. Blow my blues away reporter in santa cruz, Lauren Martinez, abc 7 news. Were so thankful for all they do. Lets get to the coronavirus headlines in california. More than 4,900 diagnosed cases were reported yesterday, thats about 200 more than the sevenday average. Another 153 deaths were reported as well, pushing california closer to 14,000. The Positivity Rate keeps dropping which is a good sign. The sevenday is at 4. 1 , thats one of the lowest that weve seen in a long time. Health experts, though,arn of jopns tial cold weatheravus ca. School of medicine believe the second wave will ramp up in october and they believe it couldastrophic number of infections and deaths. The worst of it would not hit until election day or just after, leading to a daily death toll of around 1,900 people. This pattern was predicted earn based on other respiratory viruses which also spread during that time. Were expecting to see a double surge of both the coronavirus and the influenza virus. More than 410,000 deaths in the u. S. Are projected by the end of the year. Free meals for most San Francisco students will return on wednesday. Rtsansco und the programs. This allows the district to expand from providing meals to students in low income households to almost all students in the city. Theyll be available for pickup once a week, including sandwiches, pizza, milk, cereal, muffins and pancakes. Lisa, the big story of the weekend of course is this heat that were dealing with. Its going to be recordbreaking. Over 11 forecasted highs for some of our inland valleys. Were still looking at that sea breeze at the coast. So temperatures of course will be wide ranging. But its still going to be hot in San Francisco. Forecasting a high of the low 90s. But you get closer to the water, its a different story. Starting out with live doppler 7. You can see no fog, but check out this. This is the explosive fire behavior from the creek fire, northeast of fresno. You can see some lightning strikes there. No rain. Theres lightning, theres wind. And as we go to the visible satellite picture, its called a pyro Cumulo Nimbus cloud that is a fire generated thunderstorm. It is just amazing. Looks like a volcano. This is creating debris in the atmosphere so you get those updrafts with the thunderstorm, raining down is debris. So it is just an incredible sight there. Lots of smoke in the sierra nevada. Once we get to the peak of this heat wave today, it starts to slide to the east. An area of High Pressure, then an area of low pressure will dominate our weather. Thats going to create a tight pressure gradient, which brings wind. Unfortunately offshore winds, high fire danger, as soon as tomorrow night into wednesday morning. Upper elevation wind gusts could exceed 45 miles per hour. Right now, no wind at all. Look at our pier 15 right here where the wind is flat. 81 in mountain view. 75 in s an 80 in bay. It looks like weve got some blue sky here from the Golden Gate Bridge but certainly hazy. 73 santa rosa. Your morning temperature was we will into the 50s, so you cooled off a little bit. 79 in livermore. The wind direction here, winds arent a factor but look at the direction from the north and northeast. We never cooled off in the upper elevations, in the upper 80s at 2 and 3,000 feet, so you get wind direction out of the northeast. It brings the heat down to the surface. Numbers were in the 70s to start out for most of you. Even San Francisco was 72 at 4 00 this morning. So the dangerous heat wave continues. Record temperatures today, spare the air alert right on through labor day. Looking at gusty winds, high fire danger through early wednesday morning. Air quality, its moderate. You saw all the smoke from the fires to the east of us. And theyre still burning, smoldering elsewhere. We are looking at that moderate air quality. Here comes the fog, but barely. Not going to make any bit of difference as we get into your Labor Day Holiday. Well have to wait another day. Here is a look at the temperature trend for the north bay, mt. St. Helena, 100 ony. Cooler air. Still a little bit above average. The rest of the bay area for the holiday, hot with 80s and 70s around the bay. So we could get more of a sea breeze here come your holiday. But into tuesday, while its still hot inland, were getting a break around the bay and at the coast. Everyone cools off by wednesday. So check it out, high temperatures really incredible, at 112 in livermore, 102 in san jose. Thats 25 degrees above average. Thats anywhere from four to six degrees perhaps above the records. 96 in oakland, 106 in santa rosa. 102 in san rafael. The accuweather sevenday forecast, the risk of heatrelated illnesses continues into our holiday. Then were looking at those gusty offshore winds in the upper elevations come monday night into news. Those will be the strongest winds. By the time we get into early wednesday, theyll dial back and things will get back to normal, liz, for the second half of the upcoming workweek. Ahead, for the first time in months Grocery Stores are making a change. What you may notice the next time you go shopping. Hurry in for huge savis and [ ] the prefect start to fall with lowes. [ ] so youre a sma