Live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning. Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera as we look out and see that lowlying fog and still the haziness in the air. It is friday, august 21st. I am michelle griego. I am len keise. Lets good to our coverage of the fires. Five have been killed. Tens of thousands have been forced to flee their homes. The lightning complex fires are around 656 square miles this morning and that is about 14 times the size of francisco. We will have all the latest on the fires but first, lets go straight to mary lee with the look on the air quality of the bay area. We are tracking those hazy and smoky skies for unhealthy air quality, so checking air quality conditions of this morning, looking at unhealthy air from livermore, concord and for fairfield and unhealthy air for rio vista. A spare the air alert, once again in effect today and that will continue all the way through the weekend, due to all of the smoke and unhealthy air. Now lets show you our daytime highs. Were looking at temperatures above average, not looking at that extreme heat, so no longer looking at triple digits inland but still it is going to be a warm to hot day. Looking at 74 in San Francisco, 77 in oakland, 88 in san jose and 96 for concord. Other locations looking at 83 in fremont, 86 for redwood city and 89 for san rafael. We will talk about the weekend and tracking the possibility of some tropical moisture moving and by the end of the weekend. Details are moving in later. Good morning, lets look at the roadways. I want to take you to the San Mateo CountySanta Cruz Mountains area. We have the largest amount of closures due to all those wildfires burning. Some of the latest information, highway one between pescadero and santa cruz is closed down but now there are closures around parts of highway 9 and 236. These are ongoing closures. If you were going through the mountains, highway nine is still completely shut down. 286 from Jamison Creek to highway 9 is still open. Bak to you. We have new video this morning from the beaufort area from around 2 00. You can see that large house on fire, no firefighters anywhere inside. This is part of the walbridge fire, which continues to rage near healdsburg in sonoma county. It is now 20,000 acres and 0 contained and this fire is part of that lnu fire complex, which has burned more than 215 acres and it is 0 contained and that is burning across five counties and almost 500 buildings have burned homes and businesses but this is the section west of 101 that really reared up overnight. There are some fires in that area as well. We are going to keep an eye on that throughout the day, certainly those damage numbers are about to go up and we are going to get an update from cal fire on that specific fire coming up at 9 00. We will be there for that. Look at this video of the last images captured by a wildfire camera on amount backup. This is before this other cameras. The wildfires in the Santa Cruz Mountains is exploding in size. Now 48,000 acres and zero containment. This czu august lightning complex fire has destroyed around 20 structures so far and evacuation orders were issued for scotts valley, paradise park, and felton. Locals grabbed what they could from their homes, filling their vehicles with as much as they could before racing to safety. It is difficult, and you just need the bare essentials and Everything Else can be replaced and it is overwhelming. You just want to grab one more thing and you cannot. Me and my dog will be in that pool, sipping for air. They say these are decisions i never had to make in their lives is around 48,000 people live in santa cruz and San Mateo County, who have been evacuated. Across the bay area, overstretched cal fire crews are working double shifts and now theyre warning they do not have enough people to contain all the fires. State officials admit they are frustrated with trying to keep up with all the fires and they say they are overwhelmed and understaffed. The governor has also requested help from neighboring states but nevada and arizona are fighting major fires of their own. We are used to lots of resources and that is not where we are at today. This is the first day we have been able to get aircraft over the top of this fire. This year is difficult. Not only contending with an early fire season but the coronavirus pandemic has taken away the extra help fire crews need. There were more than 4000 fires in california last year and this year, fires have jumped to well over 6000, 68 increase. We are missing key help in the fight against the flames due to the release of thousands of prisoners over covid19. The number of inmate firefighters has decreased by 25 . The governor says the National Guard conservation corps and seasonal firefighters will help make up some of the shortfall. With so many in need, if you want to donate, you can visit red cross or text red cross. Two shootings under investigation in vallejo, including one that sent a topper to the hospital. Officers responded to trinity and louisiana streets. They found a man and woman dead and a toddler who had been hit by gunfire. By then, a man was rushed to the hospital after he was shot. The two shootings are not related. The election is now just a 73 days away at the final day of the virtual Democratic National convention. Joe biden took the stage with a call for unity. Skyler henry has the latest. With a promise to bring a divided nation together, joe biden accepted the democrats should nomination for president. If you entrust me with the presidency, i will draw on the best of us, not the worst. United we can and will overcome. Because they forced the democrats to conduct a virtual convention, biden delivered his speech from a venue near his delaware home. The pandemic itself was a major topic. The first step i will take when we get control of the virus that has ruined so many lives. The onetime rivals for the nomination are now supporters and spoke last night. In joe biden, you have a human being who is empathetic, who is honest, who is decent, and at this particular moment in american history, my god, that is something that this country absolutely needs. . As the convention came to a close, President Donald Trump dismissed the criticism from biden and the democrats as just words. We are for law and order and safety and security and biden is not. It is just incredible. Biden and senator Kamala Harris will host an online fundraiser later today. Governor gavin newson made a surprise appearance from Santa Cruz County after his scheduled speech at the convention was canceled. He pointed to a current wildfire crisis as a pitch for biden after President Donald Trump threatened to strip federal funding for wildfire prevention in california. This is an extraordinary moment in our history. Mother nature has joined this conversation around climate change, and so we need to advance that conversation a new. The time is 4 39. Still streaming on cbsn bay area, a welcome reprieve for lyft. What it means for rideshare drivers in california. Here is a look air quality this morning and unhealthy air for fairfield, concord and livermore as we start off our day. A spare the air alert is in effect that will continue through the weekend. Details are experience the ultimate sports hub. Where you can find games, news and highlights. All in one place, right on your tv. The xfinity sports zone. 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The Santa Cruz Beach boardwalk is also shutting down through sunday and canceling at the drivein movies for the same reason. The boardwalk itself is not threatened. The Golden State Killer will be formally sentenced. Over the past three days of testimony, he heard from victims who survived and the families of those who did not. Today, i am not just a broken survivor of a cold case murder. Today, i am of victor in the battle between good and evil. The former Police Officer admitted to 13 murders in six counties in the 1970s and 1980s along with dozens of rapes. Because of his age and the pandemic, it is still unclear where Joseph Deangelo will serve out his sentence. A temporary reprieve for uber and lyft and more bad news for the airline industry. Rising tech shares overcame more bad job numbers to push the markets higher. The dow rose 46 point and the nasdaq climbed 118 and the s p 500 gained 10. Uber or lyft vehicles are still on the roads in california. Those Companies Said they would shut down if forced to comply with the new state law that would make them treat drivers as employees instead as independent contractors. The judge agreed to give uber or lyft an extension while they challenge the law in court. Now American Airlines will suspend service in some areas this fall. They say they will temporarily stop flying to 15 u. S. Cities in october like greenville, north carolina, and springfield, illinois. It is the only airline that services more than half of those cities. It will take effect after federal aid restrictions expire, which included an agreement to maintain all routes through september. That is work cbs money watch report for more, go to cbsmoneywatch. Com. More details on the shoving incident at last years nba finals. The president of the Toronto Raptors says racial bias fueled attends courtside conversation. It shows the sheriffs Deputy Alan Strickland blocking his path onto the court after his team clinched the nba title. And then a shoving match. Strickland filed an assault lawsuit in february, alleging physical and emotional injuries and the attorneys included a new video and a counter suit filed on tuesday. This Statement Reads in part, there are some people, including those who are supposed to protect us, who will always and only see me as something that is unworthy of respectful engagement and there is only one indisputable reason why that is the case, because i am black. What saddens me most about this ordeal is that the only reason why i am getting the justice i deserve in this moment is because of my success. It is time to get a check on weather with mary. Hello, good morning to you. Were still watching those hazy and smoky skies and as we go through the end of our weekend, there is a chance for some tropical moisture moving and. We will talk about this in just a moment. We are tracking some patchy fog as well as that smoke in the atmosphere. Temperatures are in the 50s and 60s and concord is 66. 63 in oakland. Livermore is 62. 63 in san jose and mid50s for santa rosa. I want to talk about our lightning storms that we have had sunday into monday. We had 11,000 lightning strikes and did spark 370 new wildfires and because of that, about 10,000 firefighters are battling all of these massive and devastating wildfires across our region. We talked about the air quality. Because of those wildfires come a lot of smoke and and healthy air. It is for fairfield. You are seeing it for the east bay. Because of that spare the air alert, it is here not just today but through the weekend. All the way through sunday, it will be in effect. We are looking at Current Conditions for our wildfires burning. The lnu fire, temperatures are in the mid 60s to low 70s and higher humidity, that is good news and there are Life Conditions with the winds in that area. West of healdsburg, the walbridge fire has gusts up to 13 miles an hour and humidity is 51 and for the scu lightning complex fires, wind gusts up to 25 miles an hour, so firefighters are dealing with some windy conditions in that area and in santa cruz, wind gusts are up to 17 miles an hour. Here is what you can expect. Were looking at a ridge of High Pressure that has pushed farther away and it is bringing in the stronger onshore flow. We have cooler temperatures compared to the extreme heat we have seen but as we look to the end of the weekend, we will see the possibility of some tropical moisture and what is left of genevieve and that could bring a few showers and a few isolated thunderstorms. We are watching that very closely as we go through late sunday into monday. Today, we will see the winds increase with breezy conditions up to 20 miles an hour. Daytime highs for the south they are 88 in san jose, 90 for campbell and mid90s for morgan hill. 96 in concord, 97 for pleasant hll and low to mid 90s for the valley. 74 in San Francisco, 77 in oakland and for the north bay, up to the low to mid 90s. Heres the extended forecast of what you can expect. Temperatures are going to be on the rise through the weekend and we have those clouds through sunday into monday. Lets check in with gianna with a look at traffic. As we look at the roadways, there are a number of closures because of these wildfires. I want to start off with a trouble spot around 101. We have a Traffic Alert that was issued by she is p. This is northbound 101 right after vermont. They have two lanes blocked and it has been blocked up substantially. It is friday so there is not a lot of cars on the roadways but with this crash blocking lanes and it is an injury accident, it will be something that we will see growing. Westbound 580 we are seeing brake lights out of tracy and a bit of a break that extends towards the grant line area. There are lots of closures to get to. We will start off through San Mateo County, closures are in effect for parts of highway 1, 35, and highway 9. Highway 1 between pescadero and santa cruz is completely shut down and there are closures for 35, highway 9 and highway 236. La honda road is closed between 35 skyline boulevard and this area until further notice because of these wildfires. Elsewhere, 236 and basin way are closed in both directions. Foreclosures continue hear from 35 skyline boulevard to western avenue. It is hard to find alternates around that area but avoid it if you can. Highway 17 it is smoky and hazy this morning. There is unhealthy air qualitys. A spare the air alert is in effect through the weekend. It is friday morning at 4 53. We will talk about the full forecast coming up. The giants called out there top gun, joey bart, to the big leagues and when he got that call, he was jacked out of his mind. I was shaken for 30 minutes. I could not stop shaking and i was really blessed to be here and be healthy. Reporter he started behind the plate against the angels. He barely got one over that wall, 21 shot. They lead and he is 34 with three runs batted it. Then crawford goes opposite field and he has his 100th career run for him. And bart is the fourth at that. The rockets have a double deal and he was 14 for his big league debut. They are starting with a 105 victory in the bart era. And they are coming under heavy fire with teddy bears. Matt moulson has two run shot to the right. He has had 66 hits and nine of them have been home runs. And then matt chapman launches to the second, and they have their eighth straight win at the open coliseum. The nba warriors have the best odds to win that lottery pick and they sent there top gun, steph curry, as the representative. The second pick goes to the golden state warriors. Golden state just missed out on getting that number one pick. It went to the wolves. The draft process is going to look a whole lot different. Bob myers is not even sure he will get to meet the prospects in person before that draft in october. I use the example of you do not hire someone of a virtual interview and pay them 30 million. It might come to that. We better get it right when the time is right but we have a little bit of time to look at it. They left the game with a dislocated finger. He says he will play in game three. Anthony davis slides in, to score 31. The lakers win 10188. They are tied one game apiece. And there will be plenty of talent and need at number two for the warriors. Have a great weekend. It is for 56. Hundreds of thousands of acres burn in the bay area. That is coming up on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. Helping emergency personnel. Why city leaders essay shutting down the beaches will free up the 20 structures and is pursued live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning. Tens of thousands of acres scorched. The fires exploding overnight in the bay area as we learn about the death and injury. New video into our news from about a place that overtook this house and many others in healdsburg. The bay area beaches are shutting down this weekend to ensure visitors do not turn vital roads into gridlock. It is a friday, august 21st and i michelle griego. I am len keise. Five have been killed as fires rage across the bay area. They announced the somber news. The three major fire complex is burning in and around the bay area have raced across nearly 420,000 acres so far. That is over 655 square miles, 14 times the size of San Francisco and there is still practically no containment. 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