To report. The Weather Service is still compiling the information. I can tell you so far, San Francisco, oakland, san jose setting new records for today. But as we take a look at the maps, had to justin all of these numbers in, because were fitting in another number. Triple digits. Losses of these. 110 in fairfield. San jose, 103, oakland 100. Even San Francisco donnan the mid90s, and one site in pacifica close to the beach in the upper 80s. As you can see, this is kind of the dangerous heat we are worried about with temperatures note only around 100 degrees, but going way up above that point for places like napa, fairfield, and ant i dont care. 90 to 104 degrees, the excessive heat warning continues until 9 00 p. M. Wednesday for the inland areas, the santa clara area and the north bay mountains. The heat advisory is in place for 9 00 this evening for all of the areas in yellow. The north bay, by a shoreline, and the santa cruz mountains. We are expecting heating near the bay. Although temperatures will cool off a few degrees for saturday and into sunday. Here is a live camera looking out towards San Francisco. We are looking here in the fog, but no fog to speak of. Just a few high clouds opinion 6 00, it is 110 degrees still in fairfield. 89 in oakland and San Francisco, 92. Just amazing. Well have more on the hot weather pattern and talk about what could be headed our way into next week with the full forecast in just a few minutes. Thank wu job mark. Across the bay area, people were looking for ways to cool off across the pandemic. Crowds socially distanted at the beach in pacifica. On the bottom left, refreshments being ordered dining out in the south bay. At the top right is walnut creek. Folks were just trying to find whatever shade they could. On thes willed in oakland, people were trying to get Early Morning exercise before it got new hot. Well, San Francisco is typically a place where people can go to find relief from the weather, but even the city was heating up today. Christien kafton shows us how people there are trying to cool off. Reporter the city of San Francisco is world famous for its fog, but this weekend, the city is filled with sunshine. The city is forecasted to be one of the coolest spots around the bay area, and that has a lot of people headed to ocean beach looking to cool down. Were finishing up our weekend. The weather. Oh, the weather . Its like hundreds back home, so this is beautiful. Reporter same story at baker beach, near the golden gate. City residents and visitors flooding the beach, looking for relief. In san jose, its very hot over there. So we thought we could get a little refreshment coming to the beach. Not much, but a little bit cooler. Reporter the citys parks are also a hot spot to cool down. Most park visitors follow the Public Health orders to stay stand and say safe. But we also know that pretty much every nice day were seeing at least some folks who are not following the rules, or not sticking to that, and, you know, this is not a moment for that. Like theres too Much Community spread. And one final health note, the department of health issued an alert today for people to watch out for the heat. They have said before that San Francisco is simply not a city built to handle high temperatures. They have warned people to be careful to avoid heat illness by staying hydrated and staying as cool as possible. A little further south in pacifica now. Folks also heading to the beach to school down and escape the heat. The parking lot was packed at the beach, but there was plenty of space for social distancing on the sand. Many saying theyve been cooped up for so long with the shelter inplace they just had to get outside. Some chose to get in the waters, but others were just fine sitting on the shore and feeling the breeze. Surfer catching a few waves. Managers of californias power grid are monitoring the soaring temperatures and demand for energy today. Cal iso issued a flex alert asking for people to conserve. They are calling for people to set thermostats to 78, shut off fool pumps and avoid using Major Appliance between the hours of 3 00 and 10 00 p. M. They said that meeting to the demands for energy is also being impacted by clouds. The cloud cover obviously reduces the solar output, and so that further tightens our electricity supply. Cal iso received more people working from home presents a challenge with more home a. C. Units in separation electrical twice using pure. Pg e said if youre power goes out today, its likely because the grid overwhelmed. All right. Now to the latest on the coronavirus. There are now more than 600,000 cases of covid19 in california, and this includes nearly 3,500 new cases in the last 24 hours. And 4400 backlogged cases from a computer deliver that held up reports positive case was told you about. Nearly 11,000 people have died in our state from the virus, and that includes 188 new deaths yesterday. California is the first state to surpass 600,000 coronavirus cases. Today governor gavin newsom addressed that his briefing today, as well as how the caseload impacts back to school guidelines. We have more on this story. Jana . Today the governor said that more than 70 of School District in connection the state said they have the tech for Distance Learning, but shed his new executive order and other funds are going to go to try to close that gap in the digital divide. Governor gavin newsom said despite the covid19 cases surpassing 600,000, there are positive signs of progress. Hospitalization numbers continue to decline. 14day number, 19. 9 percent decrease, 20 decrease. Thats an encouraging sign. Reporter another encourage sign he said is the rate of people testing positive has dropped from 7 to 6. 2 , even as the state has increased testing to 137,000 tests per day. The governor promise understood county by county data on monday, a critical metric for families and School Districts waiting to find out if theyll be allowed to return to in person learning. 95 , 97 of our students are likely to start the school year with Distance Learning. Reporter the governor says the state has used federal cares act funds for school ppe and education resources, and he listed companies that are partnering on state negotiated master contracts for School Districts to get better prices on computers and devices. State School Superintendent tony thurman said by phone they are rolling out Distance Learning support for teachers and a Counseling Coalition to help students and families. We want every school to have a hotline where parents can call if they need help. Dont ask them to email. Reporter california is still struggling, however, with a digital device divide. We we know we have communities that do not have access to broadband. They dont have the infrastructure. Reporter Economic Recovery Task force co share tom steyer called on Internet Service providers to work on affordability for lowincome a cans. From telehealth to teletraining to ecommerce, but particularly the issue of Distance Learning. Reporter Governor Newsom announced a new executive order with goals to build californianess internet infrastructure. Not just access, but quality access to the internet. Goals of 100 mega bytes of download speed. And Governor Newsom ended his News Conference today by calling on all californians to maintain masking and social distance. He said those efforts will go a long way to help push the states trends in the right direction. Thank you, jana. Coming up, investigators trying to piece together a deadly crash after discovering a woman dead in the road near three stolen cars that were abanned. Plus a Community Warning from the chevron refinery in richmond after a flaring this afternoon sent a plume of smoke into the sky. And were following the latest out of Southern California where crew trying to contain a fire burning north of los angeles. Taking a live look at the traffic on the east shore freeway this friday evening, smooth sailing so far. Ktvu news at 6 00 will be right back. Lily everyone in the house is online and i cant get enough bandwidth to video chat with my book club. Try 1 gig internet with at t fiber. You get more bandwidth and hbo max included. So, everyone stays entertained. So i can just watch the show instead of reading the book . You know, if you turn on your subtitles. Thats almost reading. Get 1 gig internet with at t fiber for 49. 99a month for a year. No annualcontract. And now get hbo max included. Limited availability in select areas. Call 1. 877. Only. Att today a three judge panel of the 9th u. S. Circuit court of appeals ruled that a law violates the constitutional right to bear firearms. The judge writhe the majority. Said even well intention laws must pass constitutional muster. The state Attorney Generals Office said it is reviewing the decision. There is a stay in place during the appeals process, so sales of highcapacity magazines are still prohibited. Police in San Francisco say they have arrested four men in connection with a shooting that took place last night. It happened around 11 00 in the south of market neighborhood. Investigators say an argument between two groups of people in cars is what led to the shooting. Two people were injured and taken to the hospital. One victim has lifethreatening injuries. Well, in the south bay, the chp said a young teenage girl has died in a crash involving stolen cars left abandoned on a highway around 1 30 this morning on highway 85 in san jose. Henry lee has more on this unusual case. Reporter the chp responding to a crash on highway 85 south of camden navy san jose about 1 30 friday morning. The initial call came in as a report of possible collision and possible body in the roadway. Reporter officers found the body of a woman who apparently had been ejected and also found three cars abandoned on the highway. The victim herself abandoned, left to die on the road. I didnt receive any information that anyone had tried to render any attain of aid. At least two of the cars and possibly the third were all stolen vehicles. This is a very unusual incident to have three vehicles abandoned at a collision scene. Reporter they were also the same make. They were all hondas. Two were honda civics, and a honda accord. Reporter honey dass are favorites of car thieves. Two of the cars were left running without keys. The chp is working on the likery hood that the woman had been inside the white honda civic that flipped over on the highway. That vehicle had the rollover damage. Reporter its unclear if the woman who died was a driver or passenger. The chp is still trying to determine the circumstances of the crash. At this point, drugs or alcohol dont appear to be involved. They also ruled out other possibilities. There was no evidence of any type of street racing or side show activity or anything in the area. Reporter this six of highway 58 before the crash occurred and straight and flat, so they will be look into a common factor in deadly factors. Speed. People can build up their speed quite easily there. Too early to say whether any of that type of activity contributed to this collision. The chp in san jose is asking anyone with information to give them a call. As you know, temperatures soared today, not only for the inland spots, but across the entire bay area. Even triple digits closer to the bay itself. Quite a few records, still working on the update graphic. This is a list from the national Weather Service. About 12 records to report. Napa, richmond, San Francisco, sfo, redwood city, Half Moon Bay, oakland, san jose, santa cruz, and gilroy. All of those in recordsetting territory today. The hot stretch will continue inland. So today around 108, 110 degrees. The stretch of try weather will continue to wednesday of next week. Livermore approaching is 01, 101 tomorrow. By 9 00 a. M. , it will be 90 degrees in livermore. So this intense heat continues across the bay area. We can typically show you fog around the golden gate bridge, but that is not the case this evening. Fogfree. A few clouds will drift into the bay area over the next 24 hour. Thats why it feels so muggy around here. San jose upper 90s. Sunnyvale 102. Triple digits around santa rosa and novato. Backing the maps out, thunderstorms out towards the sierra. With that southerly flow in place, it will feel muggy here in the bay area once again. It will be mild to warm with temperatures in the 60s and 70s tonight. And off to a warm start tomorrow morning. Into the afternoon hours, were showing you those warm to hot temperatures. And look at that temperature range for tomorrow. Forecast highs 74 to 104 degrees. Coming up, a closer look at the forecast highs for tomorrow, and ill let you know when this heat wave could eventually lose its grip. More on your forecast coming up in a little bit. Well, in oakland, people were out exercising this morning at lake merritt before it got too hot. We are getting our morning walk in. We walk every morning, trying to stay healthy and safe. We get out here early to beat the heat. City just stay in and try to dodge the heat, you know. Thats about all you can do, shelterinplace. Thats right, thats all we can do. Large weekend gatherings at lake merritt they say have been a big factor that countys covid19 surge. Three offices being made available. Antioch, pleasant hill, and richmond. Water is available at all of those locations. Face coverings and social distancing are required. Well, flaring at chevrons richmond refinery this afternoon raised some concerns. The reanyone rerequire you add level 1 community burning back of the plume from a smokestack. According to a post on the refinerys facebook page, it was due to an upset at the process units. Flares allow for refinerys safe operation byrelieving pressure when something goes wrong. The center for biological guess diversity said chevron has had more flaring incidents than other area refineries, and the soot that is emitted fouls the air people breathe. We move to this now. This was a seen in gilroy about an hour ago, as firefighters knocked down a fire at christopher and pallets were involved. It has been around since 1965 and is the nations largest garlic farm. To Southern California now, where were monitoring the latest on the lake fire. This is a wildfire that started on wednesday. It has burned about 65 miles north of los angeles, and we understand containment grew today to 12 . More than 11,000 acres have burned, and this fire is near lake hughes in the Angeles National forest. Extremely hot temperatures are fueling this wildfire. Just all a bunch of flames and embers up and down right there. And then you can see like at one point, there was a huge tornado of flame. About 90 miles away, the ranch fire has burned through 2500 acres with new containment. Mandatory evacuations were put in place as a precaution, as temperatures continue to rise. Coming up, reassurances from local Election Officials as President Trump questions the integrity of mailin ballots. Why the registrar of voters in the south bay said that voters should not be concerned. And new ads just released by biden and harris, forcing the president to defend his pandemic response. Protesters in berkeley gathered outside of the post office today in response to recent comments made by President Trump. The president says he is opposed to 25 billion in funding thats been requested by democrats for the Postal Service because he doesnt want to see it used for mailin voting this november. He has said repeatedly that mailin voting would be fraudulent. Local Election Officials say voters should not worry about their mailin ballots being counted. The registrar said it is in the planning phases for the upcoming president ial election and safe guards are in place to protect the integrity of the system. I dont believe our voters should be concerned about vote by mail voting. Ive been hearing in the news theres widespread voter fraud. We track the ballots that we mail to each voter be when the ballot comes in from each voter, and of course we do signature checking. The registrar said in 52 days about 1 million vote by mail ballots will be sent to Santa Clara County residents. We are just now 81 days away from the 2020 president ial election and with the Democratic Convention kick off monday, the bidenharris ticket is going on the offensive. Mark meredith has this report. Reporter joe biden making it official, signing documents with this nice running mate to formally accept the democratic partys nomination at next wreaks national convention, as they release adam series of new ads calling out the president for he pandemic response. Joe biden knows we need to listen to medical experts and take action now. Reporter the president defended his axes. Moist of our country is running very well. Reporter . Reporter trump said his administration is responsible for significant lip increasing u. S. Mask production. Over all we have increased n95 mask production by 400 Million Masks a year. Nobody has seen numbers like this ever. Reporter on foreign policy, the president and joe biden sparred over thursdays announces over an israeliuae peace deal after joe biden claimed credit during the obama administration. I saw where speechly joe claimed credit for it. Im trying to see how that one works. Reporter democrats are