things will get worse this fall, and we may not see things back to normal until the end of 2021. and pandemic pause. more parents are opting to create back yard schools pairing close friends and private teachers. we ll look at the cost and the problems it may be causing. first, we begin with a look at today s eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. what we re experiencing right here is coming to community all across the united states of america unless we get our act together on climate change. reporter: this year s fire season in the western u.s. is already one of the worst ever recorded. reporter: these 100 fires have burned 4.5 million acres, nearly the size of new jersey. just incredible. reporter: sobering prediction from dr. anthony fauci. normal life may not return until the end of next year. it s not going to be an overnight event where you have a vaccine and then all of a sudden everything is okay. reporter: all four police officers charged in the de
coming through here but they ve got to go there. that s what happened so that system is gonna go through a great mauritius. if you re traveling around the country, keep that in mind. in the form of musher, the key to this whole thing, near the dateline, then to the tropics and is like a funnel. most of its focused and around the santa barbara area. it is also having a nice effect this right here, then to santa cruz. this were the heaviest rains are especially in the coastal hills. with the current rater showing the rain coming down south of our area, gonna get a little bit of break tomorrow. we get back to it unless they. different kind of storm, colder storm comes in on friday. people and south bay are trying to get home from work with slick conditions on the road. the weather caused problems drop today. reporter: after a holiday weekend storm flooded some rose and doubled some trees. a steady rain fell in morgan hill monday afternoon. that s where crews needed a chainsa
i do. i push the envelope and i can t even spell my own name right. a decent cell is coming through red wood city. any idea when the storm window will close? i don t see it closing any time soon. i really don t. i see an active pattern coming in for the middle of the month. you get wild swings. woe will have warm on the weekend and the rain comes back in. there will be colder conditions in the 7 to 10 day outlook. there is a little rain out there. tahoe and truckee are seeing snow. there is some at donner summit and the snow continues. we have some of this rain that will continue off and on throughout the day. you get any kind of sun breaks right now and that can add to the development of cloud cover later today. the days are longer and some of that is moving into east bay and to the ultima pass. that is where the line has gone into the peninsula. most of this is south of fran and oakland. we will have a break on wednesday. thursday and friday will be the next system. tempera
for crews to from michigan took matters into his own mands. montae scott grabbed a shovel and started filling in pot holes on his street. his mom s car was damaged by a pot hole and he didn t want it to happen to anyone else. give him a medal. or give him a fine because it is not legal to do what he is doing. come on. i just wanted to bring everyone down. most cities have the option of filing that step. i i was the mayor maybe ask him not to do it but commend him. very good. we are going to talk more about oakland and starting with the breaking fire we brought you yesterday. a warehouse was destroyed by flames. american emperor specialized in combustable materials and those materials helped the flames spread quickly. witnesses near by say that it may have been started by a homeless encampment. reporter: i just spoke with the oakland fire department and they say they still don t have a cause for what started the fire. you can look at the investigation underway.
about the 0.5 inches of rain. novato, napa, petaluma, santa rosa, all over the quarter to a 1/3. sfo 7/100. south of that was less than 1/10. the low is sending cloud coverage south and north, we are getting a warm temperatures along that. upper 52, 64 some, so it s a mild pattern. cold air will come behind the system, but a rather robust, southerly breeze for many. system will get us rain today. this is now beginning to inch closer. there will be some moderate to heavy rain in marin county. everyone will get a little bit of rain up in the sierra. been some lightning strikes up around the canyons. high elevations no. i last checked, blue canyon, truckee our tracking rain, and rain will be continuing tomorrow. we will get some more snow coming through. 60s on the town, so i think a lot of these highs will be set. it s a little better, and you know what? it s been getting busy these days. the richmond bridge . the richmond bridge traffic is where we are going to start this time