In Fresno County try to outrun a wildfire only to quickly realize the only road out is completely surrounded by flames. Thanks for joining us, and we begin this evening with the blistering bay area heat. A live look from the dublin cam, temperatures hit 110 and more, extreme heat is not doing us any favors and it sounds like more on the way . Baker more on the way tomorrow, it wont be this hot, but youre absolutely right, its going to be close. Every number on the screen over my shoulder broke records, 111 today in livermore, these are not the official numbers, they could come in higher, we will get them within this hour. 109 in concorde, San Francisco 98. And just to show you how far above records those locations were, in some cases 59 degrees above, and the airport, downtowns number coming up a little bit later as we get the official numbers and from the National Weather service. The daytime highs from across the bay area as a whole. Santa clara, 108 in mountain view, we work our way
Details. Larry . Ama, dan, the coronavirus shut down sports for months. The nba restarted in a bubble, but that bubble may be about to burst. Maybe it already did. Not sure tonight. But the lakers and the clippers voted to boycott the rest of the playoffs following that shooting by police in wisconsin. Exactly four years ago today, 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick chose to sit during the National Anthem to protest Police Brutality and social inequality. Well, today, the Milwaukee Bucks decided not to play their game with orlando in protest of the Police Shooting of jacob blake on sunday. Despite the overwhelming plea for change there has been no action, so our focus today cannot be on basketball. Like dominos, teams began calling off games. Three Major League Baseball games, including tonights giants dodgers contest postponed. The wnba and Major League Soccer also postponing play. I dont think it should require athletes needing to boycott playoff games to remind us black lives matter
Decided not to play their game with orlando in protest of the Police Shooting of jacob blake on sunday. Despite the overwhelming plea for change there has been no action, so our focus today cannot be on basketball. Like dominos, teams began calling off games. Three Major League Baseball games, including tonights giants dodgers contest postponed. The wnba and Major League Soccer also postponing play. I dont think it should require athletes needing to boycott playoff games to remind us black lives matter and that Police Brutality is unacceptable. This is its clear theyre committed to pressuring team owners, politicians and police to make real changes. Its amazing. Why while we keep loving this country and the country is not loving back. Tennis star naomi osaka is bowing out of her match, tweeting, before i am an athlete, i am a black woman, and as a black woman, i feel there are much more important matters at hand that need immediate attention rather than watching me play tennis. The que
Police reform advocate share a lot of history in oakland, they do not share the same politics though. The people is who i represented as district attorney. I think she is smart and capable and qualified to do the job, but i think that the area politics are much further to the left than where she is. I think in some ways one of the remarkable things is in 2020 the state pick in the bay area and california. That tells us something that iesays by some measures, harris could be considered a historically liberal candidate. Voting record in the senate was liberal not all that different from a Elizabeth Warren and bernie sanders. This will be far more important in states other than california but for bay area progressives come the choices the same. That is our option. I am frustrated i am and one more election cycle. The race has been remarkably stable in terms of polling, we will see if the selection changes that at all. In oakland, kpix 5. An endorsement today from governor newsom. My insig
Reporter its a fair to say that this is just the beginning. They went after President Donald Trump and they blended their messages to show a united front. Because of covid19 the speeches it took place in a High School Gymnasium were only staff and journalists were allowed. This marked a radical point in the 2020 race. My fellow americans, let me introduce to you for the first time your next Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris. Reporter for the first time Presumptive Democratic nominee joe biden and his running mate california senator Kamala Harris appeared together. When you called me i said i was incredibly honored by this responsibility and im ready to get to work. Little woke up who feel overlooked and undervalued in their communities. Today just maybe they see themselves for the first time in a new way . Reporter Kamala Harris is the first black woman on a major party ticket. They shared their mutual admiration and railed against the Trump Administration. This is what