Orinda with more dan. Well this is literally the calm before the storm right now there is absolutely no wind at this point but theyre expecting gusts up to 50 Miles Per Hour in this region and other regions throughout the bay area beginning tomorrow night that coupled with possibly triple digit heat has firefighters on alert. As the sun bear down on Contra Costa County friday winds remain calm with temperatures in the 70s. But come this weekend a recipe for disaster high temps low humidity and winds gusting to 50 Miles Per Hour. Looking at very high fire danger and as you point out. We got an awful lot of dry fuel out thats just waiting to burn it was last october when Contra Costa County experienced similar conditions. And had a fire siege, 10 major fires and 15 hours including one that jumped the carquinez bridge. Sleep with one eye open. Those who live in Contra Costa County have been through this before and are ready, we know or pc is and all of our personal documents and should be
You are watching kpix5 news at 5 30. Right now , and streaming on cbsn bay area, more local news here at 5 30. Guaranteed rent, even the tenant cannot pay. Scandals. Plus with the u. S. Census holding the keys to crucial federal funding, some local leaders claim the bureau is being shortchanged on federal resources to make the census count on time. Good evening. Devin fehely has details on what local governments are doing to make sure everyone is counted. Cities and counties across california and the country are trying to ensure that they get an accurate census count, often hiring their very own workers to supplement the efforts of federal census takers. On san joses eastside, homeless advocates offered free meals and free help filling up the census. My signature, my name, and my future matters. Reporter the process only took a few minutes. But will ensure he is counted for Political Representation in congress, and money for education, housing and transportation projects for years to c
Sky fox. To demonstrators, you cant see it from this picture but demonstrators are gathering at the bay bridge, Golden Gate Bridge and the dumbarton bridge. Is possible, underscore possible , that the protests might cause problems for the evening commute we will continue to follow the story and keep you up dated the moment we get new developments. Heres a live look from the plaza in oakland. To demonstrators are expected to gather there at any moment. There are a handful of people there now. It looks like there are some poster boards there with pictures. Im not exactly sure what those pictures show. Im guessing though, it is probably people who were killed in incidents with Police Officers. We are working to get more information on that. As we do, we will bring it to you. Again, the protest is set to begin around 5 00 tonight. In louisville kentucky a kerf a curfew will remain as people prepare for protest. Thousands people for the protesting side are expected to show up. 125 demonstra
San jose and 75 in oakland and 68 for San Francisco. So right around where we should be for this time of year. With offshore winds kicking foweekend, and to early next week, we have critical fire weather conditions. A red flag warning is now in effect as we look to saturday 9 00 p. M. Until monday at 8 00 a. M. For the north bay mountains and east bay hills and valleys due to gusts up to 35 to 50 Miles Per Hour. And low relative humidity values. You will be watching this very closely for you as we head into the weekend. Now lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic on this friday morning. Hey, good morning. Taking a look at the roadways, its still pretty slow into the Altamont Pass, we starun right at grant line. All lanes are now open. But a bit of backup continues out of tracy. Heading into the area. Plus theres a wind advisory in effect. So extra careful as you are traveling through there. The drive times though looking at lot better. 39 minutes now to go from 205 over to 680.
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