Reporter dan, behind me you should be able to see m see m sm diablo dominating the horizon. Its virtually invisibe because of the haze. Haze thats actually smoke from a distant fire. People have been calling in to local Police Departments in the east bay concerned about the smoky haze obscuring these normally vivid golden green hills. Police issued an alert to let residents know you dont need to call in. Its not a local fire. Its smoke drifting in from 160 miles away in the sierras where firefighters are battling the 35 acre ponderosa fire. Pg e plan to open Operation Centers tomorrow as they brace for the extreme heat. Temperatures over 110 degrees in many parts of the east bay. We know that concord and livermore will see some of the highest temperatures here in the bay area. We are preparing for those areas to potentially see outages. Reporter its all hands on deck and lots of spare transformers and cables as pg e relies on technology to predict where to use crews. That includes equi
Thousand feet, its the low temperatures in the 70s and 80s. Look at this. Mid70s to start the day around the trivalley. Coming up under microclimate forecast. Well let you know when the hottest temperatures of the extended heatwave will be arriving in the bay area. Okay, rob. Well see you shortly. Is sports and maybe your labor day plans . A lot of people and School Districts making big adjustments. Nbc bay areas jean elle joins us in novato. Early dismissal friday . That sounds pretty good for a lot of school kids. It does. I think kids will love it. Theyre calling it a heat day. Here in novato, a lot of schools like novato high dont have air conditioning in every room. With temperatures expected to top 100 degrees tomorrow, the district has decided to let all students go home early before campuses really heat up. Its hard to focus usually when i get so hot. Reporter Novato High School students and elementary School Students i always write, i always mess up because the hot is making m
Games is left to the schools. If you ask the players, they fully intend to take the field. Definitely really hot. Its a lot harder than people think. You have to make sure youre hydrated, make sure you hydrate a couple of days before. Reporter now, livermore is always one of the hottest spots in the entire bay area. School Officials Say they fully expect to play tomorrow nights game and they say that triple digit temperatures dont really faze them and that players say they believe it will actually give them a competitive advantage. In livermore, devin fehely, kpix 5. Heat isnt the only issue. Video from chopper 5 shows the haze over the east bay this afternoon. Fairfield one spot under smoky skies and some cities are issuing warnings about the bad air quality. As Susie Steimle reports, air quality officials blame wildfires burning to our north. Reporter all day people have been saying the air looks like heavy smog from pollution or a wildfire. And you can see why western suburbs out he
Concord, it will be 26 degrees hotter than normal tomorrow. 113 degrees. Other highs, pittsburg, 114. The air quality was unhealthy, thats the orange, everybody gets that tomorrow. But in the east bay, and south bay, its going to be worse. It has been several years since we had unhealthy air quality for everyone. As bad as the air quality was today, tomorrow is worse. Fire danger goes up, and theres a red flag warning in effect for the weekend. We know its coming. It gets here tomorrow. How long does it last . Details on that coming up. For that, tonight, a statewide call to conserve electricity. They are predicting record demand on the power grid. There was a statewide flex alert from 1 00 p. M. To 10 00 p. M. And in the berkeley hills, dont park your car on the street. Because of the increase fire danger, authorities want to keep the streets clear for emergency vehicles. They say you can park in driveways or garages. In arinda, schools are closing early due to the extreme heat. Tailg
Thats why we have an excessive heat warning in effect for today because temperatures are going to reach 95 to 115 degrees inland even along the coast we a heat advisory so a lot to talk about today. Right now, were tracking a fatal accident eastbound 80 just past the 780. Emergency crews are on the scene. We have one lane blocked. We are seeing slowdowns in the area. No word when that lane will reopen. Traffic getting by the in the right lanes but slower. As the morning goes on, depending how long their investigation takes, this could really start to back up. Well keep a close eye on that. Were also tracking another accident involving an overturned big rig. This is southbound 101 right near bernal road. No major delays. A few slowdowns on the offramp but well keep you posted. Back to you guys. Thank you. As neda said, it is going to be another hot day in the bay. We saw dangerous temperatures yesterday and its going to be even hotter today. Today is a spare the air day. Look at the haz