City yesterday. But that fog came right back in sweeping through around 05 06pm, depending on what neighborhood youre in. And now were seeing the evidence of that fog, even further inland from the city to and you can see that here in the East Bay now. So definitely stay warmer. The further inland. You are a little bit later as you do often expect. But as we work our way into the night that cooling effect of the ocean really starting to grip us. And this is part of the reason that todays daytime highs are going to be so much cooler. So you notice the stark difference, especially for those inland areas. Santa Rosa Nevado visibility is falling below a mile in pockets in these areas will also see that at times in the East Bay hills as this fog and low Cloud Cover sweeps in across the region, having a cooling effect for especially those inland areas. 50s for current temperatures. Aside from pittsburgh. Youre at 60 Degrees Oakland. Youre at 59 right now. Berkeley San Francisco and timber on
So many of you are worried about, the covids bike, the Delta Variant and the scramble to get tested in the Bay Area, as we are one day into the new indoor Mask Mandate. The states seven Day Positivity Rate now up to 6. 7 . Thats a. Seven jump from a week ago. But how easy is it to find out if you actually have covid or not . Kpix 5s Kenny Choi has been digging into it for us. Kenny, what did you find out . Access to testing is being watched very closely by city officials. There is no commitment yet by the city to expand the hours or even the testing locations at this point. But when you talk to people trying to get tested, the wait times are longer and the struggle is real. Lines forming, cars idling, weaving their way into the Citys Test Site on alleman lord today. Demand is up and climbing higher. Now we have vaccines and we are back to hundreds of people trying to get tested again. This notice coming up on the Countys Health Department website, listing testing locations, stating apa
42 days until election day. Were going to get ballots before them. Yes, theyll be going out on the 16th or maybe a day or two earlier. Reporter the gears are turning at your local elections office. Ballots are now being printed, just as polls show the state roughly divided on the central issue. I will vote for not recall. I believe its unfair. It has no basis. You want to see him stay . Yes or. I think it needs to happen. You are prorecall . Oh totally, yeah. Get rid of him. Reporter as the vote draws closer, so does the virus. As it turns out, covid is reemerging, so now the fact is the governor is going to have to handle it in a way that reassures these democratic voters. Reporter and just as its been difficult to forecast the course of this pandemic, it could be equally difficult to forecast turnout in this recall election. Differences from 2003, we are mailing every voter a ballot, which we didnt do before. So that puts a ballot in every hand. Whether they vote it or not, thats up
Concerned. There you go. Just a confirmation of that good visibility across the region. As for currgnt temperatures, its 50s and 60s. Its also been pretty mild San Jose Livermore at 65 degrees right now oakland and san mateo. Its sitting right now at 60 degrees showing that look at Satellite And Radar in those thunderstorm sitting just off shore. Still to come in your full forecast right now john, thanks for that. Do have a hot spot along the Dunbar Bridge to tell you about right here. 84, westbound, at least 2 of those lanes blocked the air thats been there for the past 45 minutes or so. And again, 37 minutes for your drive time as youre traveling from a in the park due to that traffic collision. Heading into the city. We had an earlier accident on the Bay Bridge Drive times pretty much stay pretty consistent there as youre heading from the East Bay into the city to that fremont street exit. It will take you a little under 13 minutes to make that drive headed across towards the penins
Now at 11 00, the Fire Risk is high enough but now we have dry thunderstorms in the forecast. Stunning new video of the states largest wildfire, threatening thousands of homes and competent efforts to battle a new blaze. And east Bay Father run down by a Hitandrun Driver. What kind of person just does that, that is my question. You know, what if War Ng Eir ri demanding tonight after Court Ruling that the Daca Program in jeopardy. We begin with a chance of lightning upping the Fire Risk across the Bay Area. So far we have avoided the smoke from the Dixie Fire but we could see Lightning Strikes combined with the extreme drought could make for some dangerous fire weather. Have a look at what is happening in the future cast. There is already a few showers, watch as we rolled the future cast ahead, and i look at the thunderstorms boil over the sierra and make their way out of the south and toward the north. Which means toward the Bay Area. Still, it is not until Tomorrow Night at around 7 4