In the progress here. But take a look at these wind speeds around fairfield we are already seeing gusts at 30 miles an hour and the high winds will be the issue as we go into today as our temperatures once again stay pretty hot reaching into the 90s and up to 103 degrees today. Ill continue to monitor this and well talk about the fire danger as well. Mike, youve been watching the roads. How is it looking . Its looking great right now, kari. Things are moving smoothly on the freeways despite a crash. Well take you out. Green sensors and the crash approaching the benicia breaks affects industrial, the off ramp, but not the freeway heading to 780 and the bridge itself. A live look at the palo alto shows you the span through 101 on the peninsula. A smooth, easy drive. You see the taillights, no problems there. There may be a crew further north. Back to you. Thank you, mike. Now to our breaking news and whats already a record year for wildfires. Across the state 2 million acres have burned
They all bounce backup wards. When longer wavelength colors like red, orange and yellow, they travel much further. They pass through the smoke and through our eyes, we see that orange and true red color everywhere. It has to do with the way the light travels. Four major fires outside of the bay area, thats why we are getting choked with all of this smoke. The air quality right now for most of us is moderate to slightly unsligh slightsligh slightly unhealthy. Now coming up, this is real important. I am going to show you what we could get to help clear out the smoke. Well talk about a weaken system and a chance of rain next week. Everybody is looking at this orange skies across the area. The bay bridge shrouded orange and sausolito covered in thick smoke and ash. How long is this staying around and is this going to i am pampa health. I am glad you are wearing that mask and you are wearing the n95, too, marianne. Reporter absolutely. Thats what doctors recommend. It is so smoky and hazy t
News station. Youre watching kron 4 news at 9. Today across the bay area we reached record breaking temperatures. So if you thought to yourself today, hey its hotter than ive ever felt before. Well youre probably right if you lived in any of these spots. Thank you so much for joining us tonight here on kron 4 news at 9 im justine waltman im Jonathan Mccall it definitely was hot today, the bay area roasting this Labor Day Weekend has a record breaking heat wave. Now shatters records all across the area take a look at this alone, san jose hitting 103 this afternoon. The previous high for san jose. A 100 degrees. This was said all the way back in 1923 gilroy also recording a high today of 107 its previous high one 04 back in 1977 downtown oakland just 3 degrees shy of triple digits, reaching 97 degrees beating its previous record of 95 set back in 1979 and Half Moon Bay breaking their daily record with 81 degrees this afternoon their previous record 80 degrees set back in 2004. San franci
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