Of other houses in that particular area. Heres another view of that same fire. Our own dolly and captured this the above the thick smoke on the shoulder of the freeway. And shortly before that fire, in benicia, this fire broke out in rodeo. This is timelapse video from along interstate 80 near Willow Avenue. Authorities say that a car sparked that one near Willow Avenue and the flames burned up the hillside, just west of the freeway. There are some homes in that area. The fires caused a massive Traffic Backup along both sides of the freeway. Interstate 80 is a complete mess, as you can see this evening, and we will keep monitoring both of these fires for you. A San Leandro Police Officer recovering after a catalytic Converter Theft turned dangerous. Police say the officer was hit by the suspects getaway car. Kpix 5s Devin Staley is live in San Leandro with the latest. Juliet, heres what happened in a nutshell. The thieves managed to get inside of this gated parking garage. There is, ju
The hazy us but none are looking all too great and everybody has these apps on their phones. Now right a look at the air quality. And how it is around the bay area you see it is fairly uniform. This thats updated in real time, its purple air shows the amount of particulate matter in the air the dark purple. Represents the worst air that dark red is only slightly better and then the lighter shades or even better, but we dont have that much see a Little Orange and yellow well near ukiah almost but the bay area pretty red at least were not purple. Like parts of sacramento, all the way up into portland that is really bad right now, but the air we have its considered dangerous for all sensitive groups and for the general population. If theyre exposed for too long and by the way general. Sensitive groups that includes kids. The elderly and people with heart and lung disease called for chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joins us now. Lawrence when can we expect some relief from the smoke in
President trump arrives in california today in a smoky haze is blaming the wildfires plaguing the west coast. Not on Climate Change but on the failure to properly manage the forests this came up in a public discussion between the president and governor newsome and those 2 kept a very civil very point. The governor has acknowledged that Forest Management is an issue but not the issue newsome pointing out that most forest land in california is federally owned still should our leaders be addressing more thoroughly both concepts Climate Change and Forest Management i asked our political analysts. Over 45 of californias 33 million acres are controlled by the u. S. Forest service and therefore its measured budget has all gone to fighting fires. So trump can blame this all in california. And you can remove Climate Change from the equation. The droughts are killing all vegetation that are tinder for fires. We didnt have fire tornadoes before the world got warmer, super fires are now the norm n
County that wasnt there yesterday so we can be thankful that we are making progress albeit slow progress so far and as james mentioned still in the midst of a recordbreaking streak of spare the air alert days, 50s and 60s for your current temperatures with concord and pittsburgh each at 60 degrees. Oakland at 61 right now while San Francisco berkeley much of the north bay hanging out in the 50s to get things started. Robin. Thank you have some trouble spots and lots of heavy traffic to talk about crews are wrapping up a car fire on vasco road right now at one point we had all southbound lanes closed on southbound vasco at the south end of the last week Harris Reservoir but it looks like theyve just released traffic which is good news for people coming out of iran Discovery Bay brentwood trying to get south into livermore but still a lot of heavy traffic there are residual delays leading up to the scene we still have an overturned crash active in san leandro 80 south before to 38. Theyr
Get with especially some difference is noticeable in marine county where first sign of yellow is now showing up indicating moderate air quality the further inland you get and eventually closer to the sierra you go. Well thats the worst of it we still do have multiple fires burning in the Sierra Nevada certainly putting up a lot of smoke out that direction. 50s and 60s for our current temperatures, a cool start get outside with that light jacket ready to go and then maybe not spend too much time out there despite our increases in sunshine and less hayes we still do have poor air. So definitely stay inside more so the knot on this tuesday. 70s and 80s for todays daytime highs more in your forecast is still ahead. Robin. Thank you john were checking in on the bay bridge commute which actually looks a little bit better was never a bad drive into San Francisco. We just have a crowd at the toll plaza and its been off and on its still slow that be on west grand but thinning out a little bit a