Beyond dangerous and those who support it should be ashamed of themselves. They should be publicly condemned by every senator, every representative, every governor across this great country. In fact, just this year, 37 officers have been killed. By the way, thats more than a 20 increase over the same time last year. Because being a Police Officer in this country is more dinin dangerous than ever before. Im having the private conversations with members of Law Enforcement, our peace officers, men and women who will quietly tell you that it is difficult to continue to serve in this environment where theyre not getting the support of their elected officials. Ill tell you theyre getting the support of their communities in many cases, though, but where is the outrage being expressed by those who are elected to serve. And how are these heroes repaid . Cities and towns across our country, including montanas very own city of ma sue la masoula are talking about reducing their budget, proposing a
Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from Solano County right now as you can see unfortunately, a house on fire. New evacuation orders just issued as numerous wildfires burn in several bay area counties this morning. Good morning everyone, its wednesday, august 19th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. This morning, wildfires rning in several locations across the area. Are forcing more evacuations. And blackening the bay area with unhealthy air. All the details on the fires in just a moment. But first straight to mary lee for all the latest on the heat and the air quality. Yeah, len and michelle, firefighters will be up against the heat once again. So extreme heat continues. We are not done yet with our heat wave. Looking at excessive heat warnings that remain in effect today due to the dangerous heat. Now lets show you our temperatures. So looking at mid 70s in San Francisco. 83 in oakland and mid 90s in san jose and 102 for concord. So 8 to 15 deg
Saying that we have smoke. Its an interesting start to a brandnew day. Rosemary, we have been talking about this all morning. It is not going away. Good morning dave and gasia. The air quality over the peninsula looks moderate at the moment. Unhealthy in the inner east bay and south bay and also the eastern edge where fires are burning. As we get into the afternoon, we are not expecting any improvement. There is a look at the estuary. You can see cloud cover there indicating whether changes that are already underway. Here is a look at what we are expecting for the afternoon. Poor air quality with an onshore breeze coming in and will improve things in some areas. That will cool us down and bring up our relative humidity. It will also increase our wind, which could be a challenge for firefighters. When i come back, i will have what you can expect. How are those highways doing this morning . It is crowded at the bay bridge toll plaza. Right now i can see it, and you can see it too. If you
Taking big steps forward in reopening today. The economy verse one of the key things that were looking at as we are tracking this pandemic. Today in alameda county, you can see indoor dining, and Outdoor Fitness classes. Amy hollyfield is live for us this morning. Reporter good morning. Yeah, this is big news for a Shopping Center like this one, has s has see entoday has a lot of stores and hopefully more people will be taking advantage of this reopening that is happening here in this county. Starting today you can shop inside a store and you can sit outside and eat at a restaurant. Dog parks can reopen and Outdoor Fitness classes are also now allowed, so are religious services with up to 100 people in attendance. This county is behind other counties in the bay area. Alameda just now entering phase two. Health Officials Say they had a search of covid19 cases that forced them to slow down on reopening, but Officials Say hospitalizations have stabilized over the past two week. There are
Princess are waiting to get off the ship and head into quarantine. That process will happen today. Three tsa agents at mineta san jose airport tested positive for coronavirus and possibly exposed travelers as well. Lets head over to kari hall who is tracking the sprinkles. Did you see that coming in this morning . I did. Well see that moving through but for the most part its not really a big thing to really slow you down this morning. As we zoom in we can see exactly where the rain is falling from san jose to south of free mon over to sunnyvale and part of the peninsula. We start out with light rain. This is going to move through, part of a bigger storm system bringing heavier rain just to our south. Well be watching this with some clearing for today. More on that coming up in a few minutes. Mike, there may be a problem on the bay bridge. Slightly wet roads in many parts of the bay. A slighting building commute for the cash lanes. No metering lights yet but on the span reports of a mun