Yucky air for another 24 hours. And fire danger. If you are thinking about going out and starting a fire, think again. Dry gusty winds will continue. Super hot today. What happens tomorrow, for some parts of the bay area its actually going to be hotter. Well talk about that in a moment. The heat putting a strain on the states hower grid. This power grid. The state will be using a record amount of power to stay cool today. With the people whose job it is to keep the energy flowing and the next couple of hours are crucial. Definitely crucial for the next couple of hours. In fact, there was a little bit of a scare here earlier today. Apparently there was a grass or brush fire near some high powered transmission lines and that triggered the transmission lines to go off line for a few seconds. But they were able to get that line back online so it was not a major emergency but thats the kind of day its been for these folks trying to keep the lights on. The big board shows California Energy consumption in realtime and the people that work here are struggling to keep the electricity running and so far californias grid is standing up to the demand. We havent declared any emergencies. Said that could change at any instant and the next few hours will be crucial as people arrive home from work. But he says a flex alert which asked people to voluntarily cut back con shimtion is showing results. What we are seeing now is the result of the flex alert. If demand increases beyond supply. Could include rolling blackouts which the state has not seen in years, but there could also be dips in voltage. What we see in low voltages that the lights will get a little dimmer. They are obvious often called brown outs. Back here in our live shot you can see the graphic there in realtime showing the energy. You want to look at that red line. It has leveled off just a bit and folks here are crediting californians with responding to the flex alert to help bring their consumption down. Reporting live at fulsome. The smoky haze over San Francisco skyline. Its a combination of heat and smoke from wild fires burning. The same story in the south bay. Thats leave eye stadium that you are looking there in the distance but you can barely see it through all that smoke and smog. Shows us how the heat is messing with friday night football. Did hedevon. Its as hot as a furnace here. Game time is still thankfully two hours away. Even though the temperatures were nearing 100 degrees the consensus was the game would go on. When we were at liver mores football field last night it was in pristine condition but utterly deserted. The Athletic Department had made a strategic retreat from the heat but tonight they were back with fierce determination to play the game. We brought in Additional Air conditioning unit. They did make one concession to the heat. Shifting game time from 7 00 to 8 00, after sunset. We are not as worried about the varsity game. It will be hot but we will have the direct sunlight heat. In the hills above liver more. It was flirting with triple digits even before lunchtime. Back on the ground on the valley floor young and old were looking for ways to escape the temperatures. The more we talked about it the more it seemed we were getting too close to a danger zone for kids. With the entire bay area in the grips of a record breaking heat wave. Now, game time this evening is scheduled for 8 00 p. M. That is officially after the sun has set. The temperatures expected to be somewhere in the 90s. In liver more. Travelers at sfo had to find another way to get to their terminals after the train went out. Officials say it was a heat related problem. Tells us the heat also being blamed for slowing down the rush hour commute. Because of the extreme heat bart had to slow down trains outside. So slower trains, more time, more for the ride. A lot of folks uncomfortable riding in those longer more delayed trains. Bart said the heat can cost rail movement. The slower speeds will give operators more time if they see tracks buckling. They said we are going to be slowing down quite a bit arriving into the stations. Late this afternoon they say the hot temperatures also caused equipment problems resulting in major delays. Passengers say more time in the train means more sweating. By the time we got here i was starting to sweat. Oakland firefighters are sweating for a different reason. The warning is up in the Oakland Hills until tomorrow morning. The high temperature, low humidity and low winds, thats a combination that we look for. So we. Firefighters are stepping up patrols, driving around to look for smoke and other potential problems. In walnut creek the hot and hazy combination brought some people out of their homes and into the community pool. The water is perfect, nice and cool. Bart says it will continue to slow down the train speeds until sunday afternoon. Now cow train is telling us its doing the same thing today as well, slowing down its trains between san jose and San Francisco for similar reasons. Live in town kirk, im. Heres a live look at mcneries beach. A good place to try and cool off. Most places in the north bay were baking. It was so hot the schools let their students go early. Kids were happy to leave at noon. The school doesnt have air conditioning. I think its good for the kids. Because its already hot in there. Its hot already and we want to be sure that all the kids are safe. Other bay area students arent so happy with the heat. Still ahead, how it ruined a High School Homecoming tradition. Smoke has been pouring out of the the russians have to be out of that building by tonight after the u. S. Government ordered it closed. Outside the consul ate right now. Andrea. Well, allen, right now there is smoke again pouring out of the consol at. The question is tonight, what exactly are they burning. Our security analysts have some ideas. With 12 hours on the clock until eviction from the pacific high consul ate, smoke began pouring from the chimney. I dont think they are heating it with fireplace. Security analyst former assistant in charge of the San Francisco fbi office has Counter Intelligence experience. He said the smoke is the document burning stuff of a screen writers spy dream. If they are conducting clan des i know activities they certainty dont want us to have any indication. In a the gave staffers 48 hours to get out after a similar move by Vladimir Putins government in. To renew passports and visas before the doors closed up for good. We came to pick up our passports. I sits in my car and drive all night. The International Entry brought out folks like joseph urban wants to catch the smoky drama on camera before it was too late. They have state secret toss protect. They have incriminating evidence to get rid of. This is a big deal. There has been a russian presence here since the 1950s. Coming up, i spoke with a russian journalist in town for this specifically. A break through for rape victims across california. Their case is on hold because of a massive back load of untested kits. Now a major step toward bringing them justice. And the heat runes a Bay Area High School tradition. The plan b thats a major bummer for students. And a pilot fighting to hold on to his wings. How hes not let be a medical condition keep him from the sky. It is still seering hot outside. Right now, 108 in danville, 106 at stanford university. One of the coolest spots i can find is 86 degrees right now and the winds are beginning to shift, albeit temporarily. The wind is up to 20 miles per hour. Another hot day tomorrow, details on that coming up. At the state capital today a big step to help rape victims get justice. Has been covering this issue for months was there when lawmakers did something they have never done before. For thousands of victims who have not had answers, have not had justice, today was a great day. After 3 tries finally a bill to allow victims of sexual assaults to follow the testing of their own test kit and to require federal government to report the number of rape kits. The sponsor. We have had a very significant coalition of survivors of sexual assault. District attorneys, other members of Law Enforcement who have wanted more transparency. Rape kits are invasive and often traumatic intheir own righ as dr. Angela vickers explains. We take phographs of the entire body and of the genitals. Right now in california after a victim reports, the kit does not have to be tested and Law Enforcement doesnt have to tell the victim why. One told us the detectives simply stopped returning her calls. I dont know if it was ever tested. But it requires Law Enforcement agencies to report the number of untested rape kits and allow survivors to know the status of their kits. Bills similar to ab21 had been but both of those died here at the Senate Appropriations committee. Thats because the chairman denied to bring those up for a vote. But today he did something different. He brought it up and he voted for it. It passed unanimously. Senator scott weiner is on the aproper rations committee. This bill will create better accountsability. It still has to be signed by the governor but so far. Hate crime and assault charges, San FranciscoPolice Arrest a woman who allegedly shoved an 81yearold off a muny platform. 51yearold jackelynn miller tells officer she assaulted the woman because of her ethnicity. It happened yesterday and the victim fell on to the road way, hit her head and is bleeding. Sweltering heat is throwing a wrench in plans. They are canceling all Outdoor Sports this weekend because of the soaring temperatures. Lets take a look at freedom high. You see the float parked there. This is supposed to be a big night but as don ford shows us the heat put an end to one tradition. Tonight its homecoming for the Freedom High School in oakland. But for the first time in the history of the freedom falcons the traditional parade of floats is canceled. With the anticipation of extreme heat, expecting it to get to 111 or so, we didnt find that to be in the best interest of the people involved. Its not just the homecoming parade, the Junior Varsity is also canceled because the field is just too hot for the teams to play safely. Its just too hot. Safety has got to be first. The most important thing i was concerned about is we dont want touch people go down. The heat retains heat and on the field the heat just flows upward. Students have mixed feelings about the safety. I feel like we could have performed out there. We might have been a little bit off. The heat affects water pole owe, too. There are mandatory water breaks. In tennis, their practices have changed also. Its been in the triple digits the whole week and weve had to move practice to tonight to cool down. This young lady has come prepared to watch her big sister play volleyball, even if it is inside the air conditioned gym. Some Grape Growers changing their routines because of the heat. A live look at domain winery in nap a where its been in the triple digits today. The heat has pushed back some of the schedules. So workers will be out late in the night instead of the usual daytime harvest. The change helps keep the workers safe but can also be better for the grapes. It gets them to the winery in a cooler state and acids are usually better, less dehydration, things like that. They say there have been more and more night harvests over the next 10 years. Paul, is this going to continue through the weekend . One more day of super hot weather where you will see a lot of ones there. 110 inland. Inland is going to be hot tomorrow. Highs today, all of these records, santa rose a, 110. San jose 108, all time record in San Francisco, 106. Richmond hit 102 degrees today. What is going on. Almost as hot as las vegas, richland california. It should be noted that the ocean temperature just west is 56. 9 degrees. Just to show you the strength of this, taking all the cold air above this ocean and keep it over the ocean. Not a trace of that air making it anywhere in the bay area. Basically turns us into the desert just like Central Valley today. Thats how big this is. And wind keeping that cold ocean air and cold ocean presence way off to the west. We were hot in San Francisco beating the all time record by 3 degrees. This may be one of the warmest nights you will ever remember with temperatures in the 90s, and barely into the low 70s tomorrow morning. San jose, 73, San Francisco 70 for a low tonight. Not many of us have air conditioning in the city. Thats going to be rough sleeping weather. One more very hot day tomorrow, look at the highs. Notice not as hot near the water. 97 San Francisco. Amazingly thats not as hot. But inland perhaps even hotter. Liver more 116, santa rose a 11. We do begin a cool down on sunday and by monday, by labor day, this is earlier about we thought, we will be back to normal by monday. Whats normal . 80s to 10e9, 60s at the beach but super hot weather tomorrow. Still hot on sunday. Back to normal by monday. So a couple more days to go but guys, it could be even hotter tomorrow. Even with the heat, friday night football is on. And some bay area athletes are getting extra protection from head injuries. The test they are taking before they hit the field. The cuts are trickling in as the 49ers have made it official. Major League Baseball issues an apology to the giants for a major screw up in last nights game. We will have the latest coming up next. Reduce their rosters from 90 to 53 players. Today. The 49ers made one of decisions by the nfl cut down deadline is tomorrow when teams have to reduce their rosters. Today the 49ers made one of their bigger decisions by letting go of quarterback matt barkley. The move means the rookie barnard will back up on september 10th. The university of iowa capped off the season on a 63 touchdown run. It was the longest run in football at any he level. The scamper left him pretty winded on the sidelines but he turned down the oxygen when it was offered by teammate. Was that saily that was kind of joking around with the oxygen mask. Yeah, it was. He brought me the oxygen mask afterwards. I was like, get that out of here. Did the quarterback draw that up. I probably yelled to get down 7 times during the play and it kept going. It was awkward to watch but it was a cool play to see. They do call him the offensive genius. Meanwhile expected to be named the back up quarterback. With their car looking on. Car will have his number retired by fresno state where he holds the all time passing record. His brother david also has his number retired there. Ive been thinking about it, too. I was like, i hope i dont get randomly emotional because i literally dreamed of that since i was this tall. Every time i walked in that stadium for my brothers name, i told my dad. And that number is expected to be retired tomorrow. Well, major League Baseball released a statement expressing regret over a homerun last night. It happened against the cardinals in the 9th wing when a fan caught the ball on top of the pin roof that sits above the brick wall. Originally called a homerun he was awarded a double because umpires said the fan reached into the field of play. Today the league admitted the review in new york were long. He wasnt pleased with the call last night. Only a fool that doesnt know the dam rules would make that call and thats exactly how i feel about the crew in new york. A joke. There could be other words used. Oh well. Serena williams gave birth to today. Welcomed a baby girl. At the u. S. Open her sister venus might have accidently made a ball boy not be able to experience the same joy. He remained at his post. Carried on with the job and watch venus take care of maria. Advanced to the rounds of 16. Ouch, thats all i can say. He hung in there. Poor guy. Its one of the risks you take. Thanks. Thank you. Coming up in our next half hour. Experience for unfortunate kids around the country. President trump means to end the dak a program. And only on 5 a glimpse of the future in the San Francisco bay. The story behind these sail drones, how they could help predict weather events. It is unbelieveably hot out there. This is how hot it is outside. Fair field, 107 degrees, la fee it, 106. When are we going to cool down . Your forecast coming up. At at t, we believe in access. The opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. Connecting with the things that matter most. And because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, weve created access from at t. California households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for Home Internet at a discounted rate of 10 a month. No commitment, deposit, or installation fee. Visit att. Com accessnow to learn more. Youre watching kpix 5 news. Our top story at 6 30, record breaking heat across the bay area, temperatures kicking up. We are monitoring the bad air quality. Thats a result of the heat and smoke from dozens of wild fires. Our tower cameras are showing hazy skies from the north bay to the south bay. Lets get to our meteorologist paul who has been tracking this. Happened around here, 106 degrees in San Francisco, tying las vegas. San francisco, downtown, right in the financial district was as hot as las vegas today. San francisco, 14 degrees hotter than miami florida. That may never happen again. That all time record set today in San Francisco. Have to go back to 2000 for the old record, 103 shattered today by 3 degrees. Very hot outside. The air quality has been poor as well. You are outside you can breathe it as soon as you get outside. Unhealthy air quality does continue tomorrow. We will not see. We will talk about an end to this heat wave coming up in a few minutes. The intense heat is presenting a challenge for the people that manage the states power grid. Reports from the cal patrol room. California continues to be on a pace to set the all time record for energy consumption. Tha