Hour, were not necessarily seeing winds. Look at the skies. This is all because of the smoke. It makes for a beautiful sight. But keep in mind that that air quality is very unhealthy right now, and it will continue to be that way as the smoke continues to drift from the nearby fires and with the change in the wind coming in tonight, that is also going to impact the air quality as well. 55 degrees right now, in san jose. And into the next couple of hours, it will be a cooler afternoon, for the temperatures cooler than yesterday, but the thing that were monitoring the most, is going to be, here goes the air quality, north bay, all the way down to the south bay, so you look at the color key there, that index lets you know that the orange falls in the range of 101 to 150, it is unhealthy air quality range. And it will that way all weekend long. The spare the air alert was extended through today. And the red flag warning when it comes to the wind kicks in tonight at 8 00 p. M. I will take y
Heat today from chrissy field in San Francisco to beaches of santa cruz its just now starting to cool down tonight. Good evening, thanks for joining us. Im cheryl jennings. And im dan ashley. Temperatures into the 90s just about everyone in the bay area today people around lake merit stuck to the shade just to keep cool. And you know this being friday, the heat wave is continuing to affect people at High School Kids played football and fans sweating in stands, watching the game. David louie is live at Palo Alto High School tonight. David . Well, there is no doubt pal yes alto has a big game here tonight. Theyre ahead against santa Clara Willcox High School Team the heat is having impact on players and fans you can see how stands are in the direct sun. Around the bay, all day, officials have been keeping an eye on possible signs of dehydration as well as other heat related problems. Lunchtime is over at painter elementary school. Time for a choice. Go outside to play, or stay behind, wa
Good evening. Its great to have you with us here on a friday night. And we do begin with several breaking stories. First, an American Family beginning their weekend with renewed fears for their young sons life. 26yearold peter kassig, a former army ranger from indiana, he was in syria as a medic, helping families and helping children and this image given to us by his family. All of this comes as an isis putting out a video, targeting a british man, they kill him, and then they show that indiana man next with threatening words. We wont show you any of those horrific moments. We begin with abc chief global correspondent martha raddatz. Reporter this is the 26yearold american, peter kassig, on his knees. A hooded isis fighter at his be the next victim of isis executioners. Kassig, from indiana, is a former army ranger, he was in syria as an aide worker, saying that he wanted to find purpose in his life. He became a medic and founded an organization to help refugees. But last year, at almo
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