Encampments on city streets. Well break down the numbers and why the city is crediting its outreach efforts and intervention as the reason behind the change. Plus, after more than a year without a Permanent Police chief, oaklands newly appointed leader of the department officially has a start date. Well talk live with oakland mayor shengtao about the citys new police chief, floyd mitchell. Live from jack london square. This is mornings on two. The nine. Good morning and welcome to the nine. Its a mild day, but we are in for a jump in temperatures by my rules, as long as the ac is working on friday, i think ill be okay. Ill ignore every other red light on that dashboard. And are you one of those people who acts immediately when you see, like the check engine light . Go on. Or are you like the rest of us and just let it kind of simmer for a while . The average american says they ignore their check engine light for four months before they address it. 1 in 5 say theyll go even longer betwe
20 degrees above average for this time of the year. Here are the records across the region. At sfo we hit a record of 91 degrees this afternoon. 92 in oakland. 94 in san jose. Even Half Moon Bay toasty at 92 degrees. We were not alone, though. Los angeles a new record today at 104. San luis obispo, that 108. Not only a record, but also the hottest location in the lower 48 today. So it was warm across the entire state of california. And even out there right now, there is a lot of mild air overhead. 78 the current number in San Francisco. 75 in san jose. Its 60 in fairfield. Even cloverdale holding at 70 degrees. Another mild start to the day on wednesday. And that will create another warm to hot afternoon. Well have the numbers amed the full accuweather forecast in a few minutes. Thanks a lot. Sky 7 was above as a brushfire burned near San Franciscos legion of honor this evening in that warm weather that didnt help, of course. Sky map 7 on sky 7 shows the fire on the hillside below el c
This parking lot this morning. They dont know if the escape was planned or impromptu, but they believe he should be considered dangerous. They have been looking with search teams. They have been out looking for him all day. Armed Police Follow k9 units, through the wednesday and along railroad tracks. A helicopter flies overhead, looking for 28yearold david m. Watson, the prisoner who escaped this morning. Watson is serving time for attempted murder in delaware. Watson faces charges of attempting to Murder Police officers. He was being transported here to clifton t. Perkins hospital for evaluation. Two detention officers were in the white van when watson escaped at 9 40 this morning. A guard opened the door after the van stopped in the parking lot, and watsoho only occupant, pushed the guard to the ground and ran into the woods. We did find handcuffs and a waist chain on the scene. Reporter police with guns drawn, searched a truck, looking for the escapee. At this Asphalt Plant nearby,
Here in dc all bundled up. S i have two sweaters and two pairs of sockings. Socks. This is only the begins. It will be fun to make snow angels but the shovelling part i can live without. As far as lewis is concerned concerned, keeping warm on a day like today trump fashion. As long as i am warm i dont mind if people laugh at me. Reporter all right. You can bet lewis is going to be living in that hat at least through tomorrow as topper mentioned. A wintery mix is on the way. Reporting live, wusa 9. All right. Stephanie, thank you. The district said its ready to deal with my Winter Weather on the way. City workers are already started to treat ahead, why that is important. What the brine does is it prevents the snow from bonding to the road. That really helps us when it comes to the rock salt. When we apply rock salt that rock salt will essentially expedite the melting, enhance the melting process for snow or any ice that may form tonight and tomorrow morning. The Dc Department of public
The brakes in low traffic that sometime came to a stop. We met barbara, riding with her sons to visit their grand parents in georgia. We hit delaware, it was a stand still for a little bit because of an accident. Cleared up when we got to it, can a little coming in from 495 on to 95, a stand still. Aaa midatlantic expects the heaviest traffic this evening. I think we can look for very, very heavy traffic volumes because people are commuting from work. Theyre heading out of town. And also theyre going to be Christmas Shopping. Its going to be a very, very tough evening. Well tell you how making a long trip with pets and children enhances Holiday Travel. Back to you. All right. Thank you, chris. You may run into your biggest problem at reagan near the terminal. Officials expect a lot of Traffic Congestion driving up to the airport, and theyre warning travelers to avoid that cell phone lock, circling the terminal only adds to the backup, so theyre suggesting your park in the short term ga