sweltering heat setting records today. hotter conditions expected tomorrow. the pandemic prevented groups of scouts from planting memorial day flags ats are still here an. who is planting them? several days of severe heat. how covid-19 restrictions are limiting relief. we re seeing the effects of budget cuts in schools and how it could affect the cleanliness of your child s classroom. the bay area bakes for the memorial day holiday as crowds pack local beaches and parks even during a pandemic. good evening and thanks for joining us. meteorologist tracking the heat wave and has a look at the records we broke today. yeah. we re looking at five record high temperature for today. 95 degrees breaking a previous record of 92. sfo up to 90. oakland 91. san jose tieing at the 5. and gilroy tieing at nearly 100 degrees this afternoon. as you look at the in your opinions many areas inland in the 70s and 80s. it s warm out there. tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. temperatures ar
and gilroy tieing at nearly 100 degrees this afternoon. as you look at the in your opinions many areas inland in the 70s and 80s. it s warm out there. tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. temperatures are rising 60s to 80s towards the lunch hour. it will be a hotinland. tomorrow afternoon triple digit heat inland. we have an excessive heat warning. and advisory. this is an effect in until 7:00 p.m. thursday. so take it easy in the heat. i ll be back and hlet you know how long the danger will be around. we are feeling a heat here in the south bay. auz you can imagine. it s comfortable at this hour. during the daytime because of covid-19, the usual indoor air-conditioned activities they are limited. covid-19 restrictions are bringing little relief to those hooking to cool off. temperatures in the mid to high 90s. usually the hot weather brings not toohudg uncomfortable.d, dy the national weather service predicting moderate to potentially high heat risk for vulnerable populations.
they return home, tenants and owners alike need to figure out what comes next and is responsible for the clean up. reporter: for renters in the rock springs area, figuring out their rights and responsibilities post flood is almost as messy as the cleanup. they are left to wonder, do they have to pay rent on a place at is too damaged to livein, the answer is, maybe, if i live in an apartment that is yellow tagged, you may have sto pay your rent or risk being ee convicted to pay your rent or risk being ee convicted. ee evicted. we still all grappling what to do and what to advice all of these people who have no place to go, but they risk losing their homes if they do not continue to pay their rent. the city has asked lds to give tenants a three month break from paying rent. some are. others are giving just a month. another note, rent cold apartments have the option of working with a mediator to try to figure out a lesser rent. we are told that the utilities are also
minutes. how is it looking in the east shore freeway? tracking this crash. your speed sensors are looking great. in the berkeley area, getting off the san rafael bridge. it s off the east shore freeway. car drove off the roadway and went into bushes on the side of the road. the top of your screen, you see that curve moving around and bending toward that stream of traffic. no injuries reported. thanks, mike. 5:01. san jose police officer fired for posting threatening tweets during black live matters protest is offering an explanation and now public apology. it comes on the eve of a city council discussion that could cost that officer his badge again. kris sanchez showing us what the officer has to say and why now. good morning. well, good morning to you both. certainly people will be asking themselves why now? he said he could not speak publically before because of arbitration issues, but officer phil white is now saying that he is sorry and that he wants to set a prec
upper-50s as you step out the door, highs reaching into the upper 60s in san francisco, 63 degree, 70 in the north bay. the typical backup, though, it looks like at the bay bridge. we do have your typical backup. as you would expect on a wednesday, lighter overall on the approach, we re approaching that holiday weekend here. that s for the freeways. we showed you those pivenlths i showed you the area east of el camino real. chris sanchez is out there. i want to show you the way around. watch for all the activity, fire crews, water, cleanup. reporter: i can tell you this is going on for quite some time the fire still is not contained, though the fire chief tells us they expect to contain it in the next half hour or soch you see them dousing lanes, to the right you see a dance studio. we talked to the owner. we will get to that in just a moment. this is happening after 3:00 the flames shooting into the sky. fire crews arrived here this morning. now there is billowing black