has live team coverage of the fire danger and the red flag warning in effect tonight for much of northern california. said just minutes away with the lingering threats in the for the weekend and just how long the fire danger will last. but we start with kron four s gayle ong live tonight in solano county. and gayle, you actually got a chance to talk to the man who started this huge fire. what is he saying tonight? and jonathan and justine. yes, i spoke to a man who says he may have accidentally sparked a fire with a power tool trying to create defensible space around the property. the fire broke out just before 1030, saturday morning here on local road and bernie shaw. it took firefighters about 2 hours to get it under control from the ground and air dropping water and fire retardant. the wind, obviously north wind conditions, dry fuels was a challenge. but we re able to get resources on right away. i spoke with a resident here at the home who believes he may have started
main event happens really into forms all this up and coming up ahead. now, here s golden gate bridge here for you can receive data cloud cover already marching in meanwhile, while we are above that we could see earlier from mom haha tale but now it s all covered up now by this fog and cloud cover that s marching through from the northwest. there s the rain well behind it and we re going to be timing this out for you to let you know about when rain will be arriving where you live now look at this when tracker here you notice all the color should right at the coast and that s where the winds will be the heaviest not just today tonight but through tomorrow, therefore a wind advisory has been posted really into this afternoon overnight into tomorrow morning really so it s going to be basically after the rain event is running at the heavier winds marching in here. temperatures while we re at it was clear least early last night so temperatures fell well below freezing up in the nor
it s cloudy in oakland at 62. it s 60 in hayward. taking you back closer to the coast, mid-50s in pacifica as well as santa rosa so we still have that air quality advisory for the so some of the hazy pconditions from the coast to te central bay and santa clara valley, this is from the smoke from the mineral fire as the smoke drifts up to the north and west. as we look at live picture outside from our roof camera we begin to see sun after 9:00 for some of you, the rest of you maybe 10:00 and noontime 808 inland. mid-70s around the bay and it will stay warm throughout the afternoon inland but the sea breeze picks up and we ll talk about a setup for cooler days for the week ahead. liz? lisa, thank you. let s get to the latest coronavirus headline this is morning. more than 9,000 new cases were reported in california yesterday and officials say the positivity rate is trending upwards over a 14-day average. a key indicator of community spread. in the bay area there are at leas
buildings there with upper 50s napa and that delta breeze up to about 30 miles an hour. we certainly have some smoke from the mineral fire from the central coast to the santa clara valley so we ll notice some hazy skies today and it s cloudy down along the beach. temperatures there will be around 70. we re about 80 by noontime. sunny skies for most, except along the coast, a few degrees cooler inland, and near 80 around the bay today. liz? all right, lisa, thank you. let s get to the latest coronavirus headlines this morning. more than 9,000 new cases were reported in california yesterday and officials say the positivity rate is trending upwards over a 14-day average. a key indicator of community spread. in the bay area there are at least 39,000 cases and 691 deaths, that count does not include san quentin prison which has 967 active cases. the only bay area county not on the state s watch list is san mateo. san francisco malls and nonessential offices must be shut down b
i feel like i m taking a risk, definitely, but we re taking a risk every day that we can t get an appointment and can t get results. a bay area man is tired of waiting for his covid-19 results. he s taking drastic measures to get some answers. good morning, everyone, it s sunday, july 19, i m liz kreutz. thanks for joining us. we ll have more on what that man is doing to get test results faster. first, let s get a look at the weekend forecast with meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, liz. the mornings have been on the cloudy and cool side. as we look at live doppler 7 and the visible satellite imagery, you can see the cloud deck is beginning to retreat from inland valleys. a cloudy start in livermore. sun in the east bay, 57 san francisco, 64 mountain view, and san jose is brightening up. this is the north bay in san rafael whereta it is rosa. 65 by the delta. and that wind allowing for some cooler air inland. but we still have our air quality advisory for the coast, c