All the smoke looks like big bank of clouds. The smoke coming down in our direction from the oregon fires and the fires of california and it is just collecting in the upper levels of the atmosphere. And then the low clouds and fog, the marine layer, down at the surface level. A layer cake effect with the smoke layer above and the marin layer below. And we had a rather vigorous onshore flow with weaker winds aloft. Right now, theyre getting a little stronger but not enough to change the setup that ive just explained to you. Fog. Air quality right now, be nearly as red as you might think by looking at the ugly air. We have yellow dots indicating moderate air quality. We have poor air quality in ukiah and vacaville. Looking southward, oakland, San Francisco, fremont, livermore, san jose, we even have good air quality indicated by the green dots over parts of, well, parts of the santa cruz mountains. The marine layer will push locally inland. We might see some drizzle in the overnight hour
Lot, lets get to the news this morning in the east bay, the Oakland City Council unanimously approved a ballot measure. To make sure that the Citizens Police commission is more independent in its decision making. The oakland Police Commission was established by voters back in 2016. Under measure l l earlier this year, the commission made headlines when it was involved in the firing of former Oakland Police chief Anne Kirkpatrick the lead author of the Measure Council member Rebecca Kaplan says this will protect the cities. Public of the public civil rights and also help increase Police Accountability and oversight. The residents of all clinton voters, the bulk and tired of this and we want to make sure than we have someone in there that can make sure that these reforms are man. Well if this measure passes in november civilian Inspector Generals Office will be established within the commission the office will research an audit the commission on the Police Departments effect in this at f
There is an onshore breeze, oakland airport, up to 18. Between the surface flow and west northwest areas and higher elevations, we get a little bit of a change here. The north bay temperatures, we look for 50s and 40s. Ellsberg is at 49. Can one is at 50. There are core readings today. Look for highs to be in the 60s and 70s, a little bit cooler and lynn. Highs today will come down a few degrees. It will be warmer on the weekend. Lets head over to sal. Lets see if anything new has popped up on the screen here, at 6 01 am. Is it still okay or is there something new . Everything is still okay. The traffic looks very good. We dont have a big backup at the bay bridge, which is where we look first. That is the first backup of the morning, usually. That matter th mateo bridge. We can show you the san mateo bridge looks very good. Traffic continues to look at all the way across. Lets go back to the headlines. Today is the day that the Trump Administration says a chinese consulate in texas wou
Latin x community is being disproportionately impacted. The reason seems to be linked to the times of jobs held by members of that community. Governor newsom breaking down the numbers looking more closely at exactly who is gettin covid19. He says it is californias essential workers. Who are these essential workers . Reporter front line workers, people like farm worker, construction laborers, cooks, cashiers and janitors to name a few. This shows the breakdown by ethnicity. Green represents the latin x community. Thats the community that increasingly and disproportionately is being impacted. Not only by the spread of the virus but the mortality. Reporter the governor says the black and asian minorities also make up certain sectors of our economy, also considered essential during covid19. He wants to make sure employers are supporting them to stay home if needed. People feeling sick, people that may be sick. We dont want them going on work, infecting other people. And those on the list f
Interesting. Record high. Thats the coolest record high all summer in San Francisco. Todays record of something physical is not only all summer but its the coolest until you get to november. 70 with the next record high of 70 is on 9 november and its the coolest all the way until 17 november when the record is 77. Thats an interesting side note on one of the records in San Francisco today. This is the coolest of the summer and for a wile. West southwest 30 at travis. South cussing at 25 in concord. 50s and 60s on the templars. Sunny and breezy today. Upper 40s and low 50s for a few. Mill valley 52. Kenwood 51. If it feels cooler, it is. It will be cooler today with the northwest breeze for many. Even though we we may have more sunshine, weve had a cooler week. Most inland locations have cooled off. It will be a slight warmup after today is a high build in for a couple of days but not that strong. It will just be impacting inland temperatures jumping up. Some low it is a mid80s in some