Be making announcements on a consistent basis over the next few weeks, moving everybody into this next phase. I know there is deep anxiety, people are feeling a desire to reopen. Again, all of this is based on the six indicators. Counties are not yet ready to ease restrictions for nonit essential businesses. Marin, San Francisco san mateo, santa clara, alameda and contra costa counties. Those that are allowed to reopen its not business as usual. They area stows stores were limited to Curbside Service. Employers taking extra precaution to keep customers and workers safe. At this cottage gifts in Montecito Center it feels like a brandnew day. This criteria to open up Curbside Service, shoppers select a gift and the owner rings then up. I have my door open, a table up front to keep people from coming in the store but it feels like im open. Its wonderful to see my customers again. Customers seem equally happy and relieved. We worry about the economy. Especially the local economy. Ive alway
A total of 10 people have died. Cbs 2s Steve Langford has more on the effort to keep more people from getting sick. Reporter state officials leaving Montefiore Medical Center in the bronx saturday with a test sample from one of the hospitals cooling to yours as part of a blitz to stop the spread of legionnaires legionnaires disease. The state effort for exampling on testing 100 cooling towers in five sections of the bronx, fordham, mount eden, hunts point, mott haven and highbridge. We are here today to help manage this process. We are in constant communication with all levels of government including the city. Reporter the governor and mayors offices are teaming up to fight the outbreak despite growing tensions and concerns over who is in charge just hours after the governor deployed 150 state workers to the bronx, mayor de blasio held a news conference. The mayor revealing five new sites in the bronx where legionnaires bacteria has been found including a verizon facility, bronx housin
Announcer live where you live, this is abc 7 news. Seeking relief from the heat. A look at the problems this unseasonably hot weather is causing and how people are trying to keep their cool. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Im matt keller in for eric thomas. We begin with the blast of heat in the bay area. Heres a telling shot of todays weather. You can almost see the heat. This after 9 00 tonight from our east bay hills camera. Tomorrow is expected to be even hotter. Lets get the latest now from abc 7 news meteorologist drew tum. Hot one for fathers day, huh, drew . Yeah, certainly, matt it was hot today and were going to finish the weekend with even warmer numbers. Highs today. 100 degrees in concord, the same i santa rosa, 89 in san jose, 77 in San Francisco, and were holding on to some of this heat even right now. Current numbers as of 11 00 is still 80 in san ramon and livermore. 79 in santa rosa. 71 in oakland and 73 that current reading in san jose. Future tracker temper
Newscast, well let you know. Lets turn to our microclimate weather alert and the dangerous heat were seeing. Vienna arana is here with our rising temperatures. Fathers day, but a good reminder to folks you may bauntd to stay indoors or find a cool spot. Today is possibly going to be the hottest day of the week so far. We have been under a heat advisory since yesterday at 11 00 a. M. That keeps getting extended. It has now been extended through thursday. If you notice, look at these 7 00 a. M. Temps. South bay, 74. Peninsula, always on the cooler side at 54. Trivalley, 72. San francisco at 64. And today, San Francisco can expect to climb into the 80s. So that heat advisory has been extended through thursday. Inland temperatures will be ranging between 94 to 107 degrees. So please remember to drink lots of water. Especially if youre going to be outside celebrating. If you notice on the temperature trend, those temperatures rise quickly. By 11 00 a. M. , we will be in the 80s for san jose
Additional gallons. Theyre not sure exactly what caused this brush fire. It is fire season, so anything, debris, litter on the side of the road, cigarettes, perhaps a lighter, those are the kinds of things that could spark a fire during the heat waive were experiencing right now. Back to you. Thank you, jessica. In southern california, a massive response to a blaze which stretches now across more than 500 acres. Air tankers have been brought in to do water drops, but so far no evacuations have been issued. Making matters worse, the heat. Temperatures in the area have been in the triple digits today. Thats a good transition into the heat were having in the bay area as we look south from San Francisco, beautiful blue skies, but inward warm, concord has got a hundred degrees. Livermore 102. Cooled all the way down to 97 in santa rosa. Double bare ld high over the west coast. Tomorrow even warmer. Heat advisories posted all the way to the middle of next week. People as a result headed to t