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Theirs. It is. Was to get the word that we have to start doing rotating outages we have to conduct them within 10 minutes. The flex look is a warning to stop using quite so much power between 3 and 9 pm when it is the hottest. The doctor of uc berkeley says the margins are slim and ask, that adjusting your thermostat or not using your dishwasher could make a real difference. A 5 increase. 5 could solve this challenge. He says the next move should not be more dirty power plants but more storage for solar, wind and water generated power. The cost of this technology has come down significantly. In california is making come you know, installing these batteries. He seems he said this one hit whippersnapper restaurants can be avoided until Storage Capacity is increased. But everyone has to do their part as temperatures climb. So in the short run they have to do everything to buy power from outside states, also ensure flex alerts. So is a possible to buy power from other states if we need it . It is and part of the reason we are issuing this alert quite so early is to start making those contacts from trying to buy those that power from other states but the question is whether or not those states will sell is that power if they, themselves, are going through a heat wave. We saw that back in the 1999 Energy Crisis that we have problems buying energy from other states. Time will tell at this point whether or not we have another weekend full of rolling blackouts in the state. Lets take a live look at the east bay near mount diablo. Is kind of haste there. Blanketed smoke lingering over the skyline. Cal fire to tell us what we are seeing and breathing, they say it is old wildfire smoke. It is trapped in the atmosphere. People we spoke to are just trying to roll with it. It did see morse last week, i was at work and they told us to go home. One day. Because the air quality was so bad. All smoke, new smoke. It is all smoke. We talked about that a couple of days ago and we are explaining why the air quality does very little bit, white is trapped, as it expanded up and down one of that smoke is dispersed vertically, their quality is a little better. Gets packed down to the ground, we just notice it to a greater those days. Some smoking produced by the fires and that blows through the north bay and into the tri valley, east bay as well come with the worst airquality has been today, in general this map is better than it was last week and it still is far from great. We will do that as we head into the weekend and the end of the work week tomorrow. The worst spots, unhealthy for sensitive groups, occasionally just flatout unhealthy, northbay and then ran the central bay, oakland as well, and then we have to deal with the heat. By labor day we are talking but inland high temperatures, average of 103 which means you will be within five degrees on either side of that. 98 to 108, and that is not even the hot day of the threeday weekend. We take a look at the full extended forecast coming up in just a few minutes. A team increasing for the wildfires around the bay area, in a northbay, the fires containment reached 81 , fires in the south and east bay are both 78 contained, in the fires in Santa Cruz Mountains are 48 . With progress on the containment, why is there so much smoke in e ai whent the su complex fire in the south bay, to find out. Even of the bay area wildfires have been largely contained, does not mean that they have stopped burning, in fact even in areas like this were fire has already come through the could be untold numbers of hotspots i continue to smolder and put out smoke four weeks. Virtually all parts of the bay area continue to breathe under a blanket of wildfires will even of the heavy burning is finished. I was at work and they told us to go home because the air quality was so bad. You get stuck in your throat and burned your eyes, even indoors in some parts of the bay area. So we missed work that day. I believe our fire is quitting that much smoke anymore. He is talking but the east and south bay sc complex fire at 391,000 acres, the second largest instate history. Which is now 78 contained. He says what we are breathing today could be old smoke trapped in by bay area mountains. Tashl thatarticu mattt here. So smokethat week ago is still sitting here. With most of the aggressive firefighting finished, crews are pushing in the and containment lines to put out hotspots would still put out large amounts of smoke. It is tedious, timeconsuming work, that cannot be done with air tankers or water drops. What a helicopter drop thousand gallons per out large modifier . Absolutely but you cannot get the water from a helicopter underneath the stump of the tree. Sometimes you have to dig it out or you have to let it burn and just up there and watch it. The fires could smolder in spots for weeks. There is a stump that will smolder. Hope we will find it first and we will extend the ship. Stay with us, will have continuing coverage of the light in complex fires. You can find update on kpix. Com. Happening now, chopper five live over Mission High School San Francisco, the Group Defined as fpd is gathering here right now. Waving signs mar breed cut as f and remove them from the general hospital. In a live look at the airport sl as it stands now come sentences go Police Patrol the airport but with the city cutting funding for the as fpd, the San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs Association is proposing taking over duties. I would like to see the officers fired, charged and convicted of murder. Murder charges, there has to be malice or forethought. Voluntary manslaughter charge stemming from a Deadly Police shooting inside a san leandro walmart. Kenny choi spoke with the family of the man who died. It also showed the body cameras video to a former Law Enforcement officer to get his take. So the officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter, meanwhile the family says that they are surprised and they want to murder charges instead. We want to warn you that the video we are about to show you may be graphic and disturbing to some viewers. In his body cameras video released by san leandro police, Stephen Taylor holding a baseball bat on april 18 and reported by Security Officer trying to leave the store without paying is confronted by officer jason fletcher. We asked a former Law Enforcement officer was more than 25 years of next variance to analyze the fatal confrontation. s greatest advantage was to try and take that bat from him physically. Because he was only holding it with one hand. But once he started crouching and once a taser was in effect and Everything Else was in effect, he had no choice. He fired that one round at center mass. He went on to say the shooting was justified, and warranted and the officer tried to deescalate the situation but was in a potable position before that shot was fired. That kind of argument will likely be made in a courtroom if this goes to trial. The District Attorney says the Police Officer used unreasonable deadly force, that confrontation lasted less than 40 seconds. The family attorney for the shooting victim, Stephen Taylor, also says that the das office has failed in many aspects including not communicating with the family enough they still want an in person meeting to explain why manslaughter charges were filed and not murder charges. We also reached out to the attorney for officer fletcher. We have not yet heard back. Were live in san leandro tonight, kenny choi, kpix5. Still ahead, the pandemic has left the Berkeley Campus deserted. But the emptiness does not stop there. Just off campus, a catastrophe in the making. As a college town tries to function without a college. Plus, concerns about the to a college town that looks more like a ghost town. Uc berkeley is housing up to 6500 students for the fall semester but it cannot compare to the 60 but it cannot compare to the 60,000 students who usually roam the neighborhood. As Wilson Walker finds out, the businesses that depend on them are struggling to stay afloat. Reporter curiously talk about the demise of the sat, and i was struck by how empty the campus is but maybe even more striking is what is happening around the perimeter of the campus. Ordinarily the sidewalks can be impassable with crowds of students. Can see what it looks like. Business owners see trouble. This is my 36 the air, ive not seen this is a disaster. Reporter peak of the lunch hour and there might have been a halfdozen people grabbing food at any one time, that a student body this commercial block, like the campus sitting right across the street, sits largely deserted. They bring life to campus. Without them there is no life year. Reporter around 60,000 students, i believe, for commerce. It is definitely taking a huge hit. Reporter devin lloyd the pandemic has been challenging enough but no one was prepared for this. What we are seeing is mostly regulars and up and coming for a long time that live in the area, but younger people are can we just dont see them. Students usually just, everywhere. Just really, really empty. Sad. Those neighborhood regulars like margaret hurlbert are also getting rattled now as empty sidewalks start producing dark or empty storefronts. There has been important a couple of places, two or three on this block alone that ive had to close their doors. Im running a 25 capacity of what i normally make. It is very obvious that it is hard on everyone. So we can weathering the storm at this point, and hoping for the best. Reporter they do have plans for limited voluntary and personal learning, once conditions allow for it but there is of course no timetable for that so the campus and all of the businesses that depend on it must go on, with fewer students than you would see here. On a normal summer break. In berkeley, Wilson Walker. As Labor Day Weekend is living closer come the Santa Clara County District Attorneys office dealing with a handful of complaints related to underground parties. The county says large indoor gatherings were people not Wearing Masks have proven to be are advising people, please, play it safe, stay smart, over the Holiday Weekend and largmat the air quality is bad. Its bad. The heat will be an issue, and both of those is common sense stuff. When the heat builds, finds and air conditioning. Stay hydrated. Lets start with airquality, in the unhealthy category again for the northbay down into the woodward fire but then around the coast in central as well, sent cisco will have deteriorated airquality, same thing on the east side of the bay until you get farther inland. Not quite as bad for the tri valley. Lets take a look outside and there is the smoke and some of the fog start to creep in as well, just 62 downtown and 67 in oakland otherwise is a mix of mds and 80s, not bad at all for Early September the the temperatures will build beginning tomorrow. Fog will creep across the bay into the inland valleys as we head into the early tomorrow morning. That is the last morning, once sunday morning, one of those days, we cannot shake the fog. Temperatures will start off, in the low 60s and heat up as we head to the day but not too bad just yet, tomorrow near average high temperatures, i loved him low to mid 60s around the bay, still 50s along the coast and 70s farther inland, we are going to heat up more as you head east of the diablo range come up around 90 degrees there but otherwise, more 80s on the map are in the and portions of the bay area with upper 60s and low 70s around the bay. The heat really builds as we head into Labor Day Weekend, beginning saturday can continuing sunday and monday, but at prices in effect along the coast and around the bay, temperatures on saturday, upper 70s, around the bay and into the 80s sunday and monday, to the coast, upper 60s saturday, wanted 70s by sunday and monday. Inland, this is the bulk of the landmass of the bay area, excessive heat warnings saturday, sunday and monday. Inland temperatures on saturday topping out an average of 100 degrees but that means between 95 and 105, by sunday and monday, 100 and 110 degrees of the peak of the heat will be on sunday but labor day will be awfully close and then we slowly backed down as we head into next week but just again, common sense stuff, stay hydrated, find some air conditioning or moving and whenever you can, keep yourself safe. I will have another update coming up at 7 00 on this evenings airquality. What is on the menu today . Straightahead, 49ers, another receiver gone, bay area big league or is battling covid19, and you are going to find out what governor gavin newsom and this fellow, steve nash, have in common. In the case baseball up top, giants and as both off today, trying to the diamondbacks friday, the as get after it tomorrow at home against the padres, the first game since last saturday. The team disclosed today that it was, he had the handlebar mustache are tested positive for covid19 last weekend. He last pitched on august 18, remains isolated at future with the team last playing. General manager made it clear, he did nothing wrong. There was no breaking of protocols here in that is frankly what is so scary abs, t know where he got it. I spoke with him, the day after, i texted him since and he continues to be asymptomatic and feelgood. 49ers wide receiver was placed on injured reserve today, because of any injury. He is the third to go on ir. The team is hopeful receivers could be ready to go next week. The Season Opener is a week from sunday, the nfl season starts a week from tonight. Houston at kansas city. College sports, the pact was partnering with a new lab, for rapid risk bonds covid testing i could be ready in as little as 15 minutes, but still, no talks are beginning, football season before january 1. Nba, there is dictate be, and santa clara star steve nash during a mid1990s ncaa tournament run before an 18 year nba mvp hall of fame career. You are now looking at the next head coach of the brooklyn that, no previous coaching experience, steve did not have it, either. Nash was most recently a consultant with the warriors and was often seen after practice working with current net star kevin durant. U. S. Open tennis, Serena Williams indoor, secondround play against Margarita Gasper and. Williams in the near court, powerful. And i know liz had a powerful forehand in her career so i know she can relate. Williams when at 6264, on to the next round, against 2017 open champ, sloan stevens. Tip of the cap by the mets, for hall of fame pitcher, tons river, number 41. He passed away beginning of the week. More tribute, dirt on the right knee of the pant leg made famous for the threetime cy young winner who used to scrape his leg across the mound when he pitched. After his playing days and broadcasting where he bought land up in calistoga, started a vineyard. He special in cabernet 70 on. And back to the relationship between gavin newsom and steve nash. Both proud graduates of santa it was just a get together with friends. No big deal. Everybody felt fine. But now im super sick. Everyone is sick. I just wish we had been more careful. It would have been easier than this. So wear a mask. Do what you can outside. Stay six feet apart. Because some things you just cant take back. Do your part to lower the risk. We are digging a little deeper into the protest outside House Speaker Nancy Pelosis home. This all over her trip to a salon that was not supposed to be taking clients indoors. The protest included women speaking on behalf of the salon owners who have been closed down by the health orders. But our camera also spotted former radio host and conservative activist Melanie Morgan using a crne to makea int. Of us. 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