The entire bay area, including the host. Hottest spots near 115 degrees. Then on sunday and monday, we have an excessive heat warning for all of the bay area except the coastline. And we have a red flag warning for high fire danger, including the high locations and inland valleys. Ill give you a look at the forecast in just a few minutes. Thank you, spencer. Todays heat might even feel hotter for crews battling flames in san jose. Sky 7 flew over a burning ho ii building. The roof collapsed after the fire broke out this afternoon. Firefighters called for extra assistance after arriving on scene. So far, no word of any injuries. The extreme heat is expected to push electricity demands to an alltime high in california. Pg e has almost 5200 customers without power at the moment. Managers of the states power grid issued a flex alert. Cal iso officials are asking us to cut back on electricity use until 10 00 p. M. Today. To no ones surprise, soerg temperatures are creating concerns across t
Thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. And im kristen sze in for dan ashley. Today, were experiencing temperatures we have never seen before in parts oh it have bay area. San francisco was as hot as walnut creek, reaching 106 degrees. We have live team coverage. First, lets look at the numbers. Heres spencer christian. Generally when we talk about record highs, we are talking about records for this date. But we have something beyond that. These are alltime record highs. Highest temperatures ever recorded. In San Francisco today, 106 degrees. At sfo, 104 degrees. At moffitt field, 106. On we go to other records for the entire month of september. San jose, 108 degrees, highest september reading ever. Oakland airport, 101. Santa rosa, 110 degrees. And now records for this date, 109 at san rafel. 105 at gilroy. Livermore, 109 degrees. Many locations are still in the triple digits. Lets take a look at our excessive heat warning in effect from now through tomorrow for the entire bay area, i
Out in the peak of the heat in San Francisco. He joins us live from the newsroom. gabe on camera live lead if you were in san francsico today you were apart of history. The hottest its ever been. Since they started keeping track. The previous record was set 17 years ago in the summer of 2000. And it only reached 103 thats nothingtoday San Francisco got to 106so how did the fog dwellers hold up . . . Not so good. Rapid continues sound from San Francisco people out in the heat its muggy it is so hot its like the desert out here i cant believe how warm it is really long and i lost money now. Its actually the hottest day ive ever experienced in San Franciscothere was some miserable people walking through the scorching heat of San Francisco today these were the people in pants. Rapid continues sound from San Francisco people out in the heat its really hot. Wish i had a short sleeve shirt right now the san franciscans is summer attire were in slightly better moods rapid continues sound from
Region today with a high to very high risk of heat related illnesses. A regionwide cool down is then forecast to begin on sunday, especially near the coast. Meanwhile, very warm to hot inland conditions will persist into labor day. An increase in moisture will work northward from the south late sunday into early next week and will result in a slight chance of thunderstorms across the central coast. Additional cooling is then expected through the first half of the upcoming workweek. marty as we mentioned. Several records were broken all across the bay area. Kron 4s Hermela Aregawi was in San Francisco where temperatures hit 106 degrees. A scorching day in San Francisco. A recordbreaking 106 degrees. Bernie bersmina San Franciscoits very extreme for San Francisco at least. We just stopped in muir woods, spent the day there and on our way home, this is the place to be in the heat. Health officials urge people to find cool places during the day. Brent andrew spokesman, ca dept of public he
Now from abc 7 live breaking news. That breaking news in martinez where an offeicer involved shooting shots fired at chevron station. A stolen car rammed a patrol car. Two people hurt in the accident. No one hurt in the shooting. Were efforting further information on that incident dent our other top story. Single engine airplane crashes and two people on board killed. New tonight we have info on the registered owner of the plane and are live at the san carlos airport. Its quiet here at san carlos airport. That plane left headed to oregon to watch the Solar Eclipse but today friends of the pilot are in shock after this fatal crash. I kept looking and next thing i saw was black smoke. A small plane left san carlos, california, around 2 00 in the afternoon it crashed into this wood the canyon mile south of the municipal airport. Just coming for a fun event in our town and, you know, something very tragic happened. The plane carrying pilot and passenger was headed to madris an area where t