This evening, as a good news, im checking the news you may not like as we head into the weekend. Distance learning just got a whole lot longer for case in one bay areas Biggest School districts. The fear tonight from some parents. The private schools to have the kids back, the kids will be ahead of the game that the public school. Right now, and streaming on cbsn bay area, with just a few months into the holidays, almost 200 bay area transit workers are now wondering whether they will have jobs. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. I am ken bastida. Andria b is live in locks work th who ctt bus drivers, dairy captains, it does work in the ferries, those are the ones who received those 60 day warning notices from the district. Those of the people that cannot have jobs potentially by thanksgiving. This sound has hardly been heard at Ferry Terminal since the start of the pandemic with ridership only 3 of normal. On the golden gate buses, ridership is only 20 of normal. Today we got on, it was
Live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning. Live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning. N cbsn y area, were looking from our transamerica pyramid. It is friday, and i said friday. It is september 18th and i am michelle griego. It is friday. Good morning, i am len kiese. Glad to have you with us. I am sure mary lee is happy this friday. We have the weekend in view. How is it looking . We are so thankful it is friday. We are looking atity inueday but some changes for the weekend. I will get to that in just a moment but lets talk about the air quality. Looking at good air quality, that clean and fresh air across the bay area. Great to see all of that green indicating the good air across our region. Now lets show you a live look outside with our Treasure Island camera. It is a cloudy and foggy starting even some patchy drizzle because of that strong onshore flow. Temperatures are running in the upper 50s to low to mid 60s at this hour. Through the day, we
Just a few days. What does it mean for the oracle deal . Allegations of retaliation and a coverup at san jose state. We have the details on ofcials reportedly involved. Some schools preparing to reopen in San Francisco. How far teachers will have to go to protect their students. Kids need to be in school. This is what it is about. The new evacuations from the bobcat fires several communities under threat as the blaze creeps closer. It is friday, september 18th. We are keeping an eye on air quality. There is more fresh air on the way. That could change a bit as we go into the weekend. Definitely, breathe at all in. That clean and fresh air across the bay area because changes as early as tomorrow with the return of our smoke. We have good air quality and this is so great to see, once again as we start up our friday. We will continue with good to moderate air quality through the day. It is a foggy start and there is some patchy drizzle all because of that strong onshore flow kicking in. I
Even notice this wind last night. If you didnt know advertise it last night, youre going to not notice it tonight. And were also seeing despite this red flag warning, an onshore flow at the surface. We have fog at the coast, and that is good news, generally. Temperatures are running 25 to 30 degrees cooler than last night at this time. This is the winds, right . See the areas . Thats the north wind essentially. Thats this afternoon. See the fog come back in. And then watch this. Thats onshore flow. This is about 5 00 tomorrow morning. Thats the red flag warning, but look at the wind speeds in the north bay. 24 miles an hour. Its not going to be a or shouldnt be a robust overnight like we had last night. So the red flag warning is up. The hills above 1,000 feet. But it does not look as strong as last night. So if you felt good about last night where you lived, youll feel better about tonight. Of course well keep an eye on it. Ill see you back here in just a little bit. The power shutoff
Setting wildfire season, and there is concern it could get any worse. The red flag warning started just an hour ago and lasts until 9 00 p. M. Monday night for much of the bay area. Winds could reach up to 50 Miles Per Hour in some areas. We have Live Team Coverage of the red flag warning. Greg will tell us how fire officials are prepping right now, but first we go to mark for a look at the current conditions. Mark . Andre, when you think about this past summer, all of the recordsitting heat that we had here in the bay area, the excessive heat warnings, its history, but it has a lasting impact, right . All of the hillsides are dry and ready to burn and were heading into a critical fire situation. We not only have the winds, we have the heat, as well. Heat advisory. Take a look at these forecast hes as we head into your sunday, but especially into monday. That will be the hottest day of the week, and that red flag fire warning. Were seeing those winds switch out of the north. Current ob