this area, the san joaquin valley, is one of the most important agricultural regions in america. farmers here produce a bounty of food: there are miles and miles of nut and fruit trees across the valley, and millions of beef and dairy cows. agriculture is a roughly $50 billion industry in california, and it's a thirsty one: using roughly 80% of the state's total water supply. >> and so all of that is affected by drought. >> brangham: ellen hanak heads the water policy center at the public policy institute of california. >> this is a region that has evolved with water scarcity. so growers have moved more and more into crops that generate more dollars per gallon of water used, and that means in that region, more tree crops like almonds especially, but also vines and fruits. but it puts them in between a rock and a hard place when you get into a really bad drought. >> brangham: in a good year, all the snow that falls in the sierra nevadas, and the rains in this area would end up in canals like this. there are thousands of these all over the valley, and farmers use that water to irrig

with highs in the one 10 to one 15 range shattering temperature records in the sacramento and san joaquin valleys that, we do have a potential issue with our state power supply so the agency that monitors california's electric grid has issued a flex alert asking all californians to conserve as much as is safely possible. and it's not just because of the demand on the grid place bell the air conditioning units that are running. but cal iso also tells us a wildfire in southern oregon is threatening transmission lines that deliver a lot of the power that california relies on the national weather service has also issued an excessive heat warning because of these, of course, excessively hot daytime temperatures also with overnight lows only cooling down into the 70's and 80's. so everyone is it is advised and encouraged to avoid excessive outdoor activities during this time. thankfully relief is in sight. highs should be back down into the 90's on monday in sacramento. dennis shanahan, back to you. dennis. thank you. meanwhile, the folks in san leandro have about 25 minutes or so to see if. >> their p

well-organized line of thunderstorms marching its way across the southern san joaquin valley, but i wantto show you how we are going to get on the act later tonight. two ingredients are going to come together to give us this chance for thunderstorms. this is where you got the added moisture in the atmosphere. no surprise it's down here where the thunderstorms were. that we are not looking at actual rain, we are just looking at the available potential in the atmosphere for where the moisture is. this is different and it's important. that is a high amount for us, on the scale here. it gets pretty far over towards the yellow. this is ingredient one. we are going to have the moisture to develop storms. ingredient number two, you wouldn't be able to see unless you looked at a map with lines, there's going to be a little bit of a trough right here, just a little bit of added energy. this is how you get the lift in the atmosphere and this is important to look at because of both of these things, the added moisture and that little bit of a trough are coming together at just the right time. we did

bringing federal dollars back to my home in california, san joaquin valley, is one of my highest priorities. but it's also the need to invest throughout the country. throughout our nation. for our future infrastructure needs. during this week we'll vote on new investments that will make a difference in our communities, and the residents who live there. from water projects to funding jobs, health care, and education programs our votes this week are to improve people's lives. thus, in this budget appropriations that we will be dealing with, these bills are critical that we pass them and send them to the senate. but our work doesn't end there. we must also pass transformative infrastructure to build our roads, bridges, transit systems, and modernize our schools and hospitals. rural and underserved communities in our country that i represent many of should never be left behind. we also must expand and prioritize broadband, access to these areas, this pandemic's taught us a lot of things, but telemedicine and telelearning is difficult enough. if you don't have access to broadband, good luck. an

with highs in the one 10 to one 15 range shattering temperature records in the sacramento and san joaquin valleys. on top of that, we do have a potential issue with our state power supply so the agency that monitors california's electric grid has issued a flex alert asking all californians to conserve as much as is safely possible. and it's not just because of the demand on the grid place bell the air conditioning units that are running. but cal iso also tells us a wildfire in southern oregon is threatening transmission lines that deliver a lot of the power that california relies on the national weather service has also issued an excessive heat warning because of these, of course, excessively hot daytime temperatures also with overnight lows only cooling down into the 70's and 80's. so everyone is it is advised and encouraged to avoid excessive outdoor activities during this time. thankfully relief is in sight. highs should be back down into the 90's on monday in sacramento. dennis shanahan, back to you. dennis. thank you. speaking of that fire in oregon for oakland. firefighters left yesterday t

it was felt all the way up to the sacramento valley, also the san joaquin valley, and out toward the bay area. once again, a five to six is a moderate to strong earthquake, and this is concerning. we're seeing a lot of the aftershocks in this situation here, but we're hoping that was the strongest of it, and the ones that follow will continue to remain below that 5.9. so far, looking at the usgs. they have been under 5.9. the largest has been 5.9. >> sandhya, a couple of points. one, we know there have now been 25 , so more aftershocks have happened since he presented that information, and dr. lisi jones, that has been putting out great information now with caltech, a longtime geologist, automated system he said automatic systems that locate quick sometimes get confused. initially, people were reporting it as one in smith valley, 1.9, and a 4.8 in farmington near the san joaquin county area. now, they have taken the one from stockton county away. cheez-it automatic systems do get confused, especially since there are very few stations in that area, right? and we talked about that, how

the sacramento valley's, the delta breeze gets going, but we are still quite toasty in the san joaquin valleyalley, tom springs, of course, well over 100 degrees. highs today across the bay area, where we have the excessive heat from concord, livermore, antioch and fairfield today, well over 100 degrees. 97 in vallejo, 99 yesterday novato. today, it'll be almost as hot for you there, 98 in napa, 101 for santa rosa. san francisco, 71, looking at 80 today in oakland. a couple of degrees warmer, but still, you will have that breeze, should be kind of nice in san mateo at 83, palo alto, 87. looking at temperatures right at the coast, only in the 60s. the accuweather seven-day forecast, our temperatures spread with us again tomorrow at about 40 degrees. today maybe 44 degrees bread, then into monday, temperatures really coming down, i think you'll notice the change tomorrow and then the rest of the work week will feature heat relief with temperatures from the 60s at the coast to the upper 80s inland. simon one of those areas, liz, where i get that incessant wind. to come to my >> you get to cool o

because of its movement, we will see moisture move up from southern california into the san joaquin valley the sierra nevada with they have had haze and hazardous conditions due to air quality could see thunderstorms and even into the bay area. always a good idea to be fire weather aware this time of year . here's a look at mt. tam with the scattered cloud deck. the deck of low clouds, 1400 feet. we are looking at a pretty sunset tonight as mid-and high- level clouds continue to stream from the south. 50 k, san jose. 60, mountain view. 54 in the city. morgan hill, 55. a bit of a breeze out there right now and cloudy skies. 52, novato. with the fog, numbers of a little bit in the north bay. 56 by the delta with the breezy winds. 59, concord and livermore. you can notice it is staying darker a little longer now with the sun setting it 8:24. cooler and cloudier this afternoon. looking at a thunderstorm chance. tomorrow and tuesday the moisture column will ride to the north. north bay looking at best chance for not only a thunderstorm, but some could contain rain. not only the dry lightning wh

or died of natural causes at the san joaquin valley hospital this morning, alcala was sentenced to death in 2010 for five murders in california between 1977 1979. he was known as the dating game killer, because in 1978, he actually appeared as a contestant on the television show the dating game. investigators have either suspected alcala of or linked him to 130 other murders across the country from california. all the way to new york for the first time in weeks, someone in marin county has died from covid 19 coming up, the delta variant begins to change people's attitudes about the virus, then the california republican party is leading in hard on the upcoming new some recall election ahead their latest move to shore up a gop candidate. and we've got some high clouds moving in tonight. this is part of the monsoonal moisture that's in the southwest away from home tonightg much needed support to contain the fast growing, nick. see fire that's burning right now in plos debut, counties ktvu emma god spoke to some of the firefighters who are on the ground now. a close up. look at the fast grow

excessive heat watch that goes in effect to slow county right to the sacramento valley and the san joaquin valleys well. some of those temperatures. yeah. upper 90's probably about a 104 degrees. i think as you get the central valley there maybe as much as a 110 degrees. plus, so extreme heat as we get into the weekend. that will be the peak of the heat across the state right now. things are staying dry lot of fog along the west coast right now. not only here but all the way up in oregon and washington to clouds will continue to roll back on shore overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. it's going to be a little thick specially coast side more drizzle out there toward the beaches. it's been wet for almost a week now, every night they get wet conditions out there temperatures around the bay area today. 63 san francisco 67 in oakland. 74 degrees for a high in san jose 82 in livermore, 86 in 80 degrees in santa rosa. very similar for tomorrow. but after that get ready, we're going to be cranking up those temperatures, especially in many inlet spot skies. looks like it's going to be a signific

but it was focus primarily on the san joaquin valley. a lot more to do with the climatology of the summer than we expected any significant change in the situation. keep your fingers crossed for october and november or who knows it might be december. seven-day forecast, san francisco, oakland and san jose not a whole lot of change that seven days. but in the inland valley's you are daytime highs that have been mid to upper 90s that will cool down into the upper 80s the next few days but that is a good-looking seven-day forecast. those numbers are on the mark average and where they should be for this time. back to you. >>> some whale watchers that monterey bay had the experience of a lifetime.>> and a very close brush with was caught on camera. video from last week showed a curious well popping out of water, flooding next to the boat and exhaling zeros but. it's too early to assess what she and lucky washers have seen. >>: friendly wells and they want to come up and interact with the boats, circle us or sit next to us for extended time. un

san joaquin county. and of course further east, a minute before that in smith valley, nevada. just across the california border. there was a 5.9 that was felt widely in the bay area. san francisco, east bay, oakland, walnut creek area, even the south bay. that jolted people awake this sleepy afternoon. >> no kidding, but i think of anything the saving grace of this situation is that yes, these instances happened and not very populated areas. oftentimes we hear of objects falling from shelves or people being knocked to the ground, but that was not the case. these were in areas that are perhaps not well populated. not many people knew initially exactly what the largest city was in comparison to where they were located and therefore we have not heard reports of injuries. we have not heard reports of public transportation in the city needing to be shut down as a precaution or put on a delay. something also to point out is even though certain people felt it in san francisco, there was not that need to delay certain public transportation, which is protocol for what happens when you d

record-breaking temperatures are expected to return to california over the weekend, including in the san joaquin valley, which is where william brangham is currently reporting. and he joins me now from the city of visalia. he joins me now from the city of visalia where william you are teing us it's something like 109°, another heat wave coming, tell us what it's like and are officials there prepared? >> judy, the technical term is it's unbelievably hod out here. the national weather service has issued a warning, through weekend, extreme heat alert. they are basically advising people, if you don't have to be outside, don't. stay in the shade, be inside if you can, drink plenty of water. the concern as of all of these heat waves is the illness and death. as you mentioned i don't think people have a real appreciation of how much heat waves cause death all over the world. it's the leading weather related killer when it comes to climate events. the pacific northwest heat wave which we just had which you mentioned killed hundreds of people. two years ago, in europe, which many don't remember, tens of thousan

with highs in the one 10 to one 15 range shattering temperature records in the sacramento and san joaquin valleys. on top of that, we do have a potential issue with our state power supply so the agency that monitors california's electric grid has issued a flex alert asking all californians to conserve as much as is safely possible. and it's not just because of the demand on the grid place bell the air conditioning units that are running. but cal iso also tells us a wildfire in southern oregon is threatening transmission lines that deliver a lot of the power that california relies on the national weather service has also issued an excessive heat warning because of these, of course, excessively hot daytime temperatures also with overnight lows only cooling down into the 70's and 80's. so everyone is it is advised and encouraged to avoid excessive outdoor activities during this time. thankfully relief is in sight. highs should be back down into the 90's on monday in sacramento. dennis shanahan, back to you. >> for oakland. firefighters left yesterday to help with the bootleg fire that is burning out

record-breaking temperatures are expected to return to california this coming weekend, including in the san joaquin valley william brangham is currently reporting. he joins me now from the city of visalia. you were telling us it is something like 109 degrees, another heat wave coming. tell us what it is like, and our officials there prepared? william: the technical term is it is unbelievably hot. the national weather service issued a warning that starting today through the weekend, there is an extreme heat alert and they are basically advising people that if you don't have to be outside, don't, and if you do, stay in the shade. be inside if you can and drink plenty of water. the concern, as with all of these heat waves is the illness and death. as you mentioned, i don't think people hava real appreciation of how much he waves cause death all over the world. -- heat waves cause of death all over the world. it is the number one killer when it comes to climate events. the pacific northwest heatwave we just had killed hundreds of people. a couple of years ago in europe, tens of thousands of people died in a h

with highs in the one 10 to one 15 range shattering temperature records in the sacramento and san joaquin valleys. on top of that, we do have a potential issue with our state power supply so the agency that monitors california's electric grid has issued a flex alert asking all californians to conserve as much as is safely possible. and it's not just because of the demand on the grid place bell the air conditioning units that are running. but cal iso also tells us a wildfire in southern oregon is threatening transmission lines that deliver a lot of the power that california relies on the national weather service has also issued an excessive heat warning because of these, of course, excessively hot daytime temperatures also with overnight lows only cooling down into the 70's and 80's. so everyone is it is advised and encouraged to avoid excessive outdoor activities during this time. thankfully relief is in sight. highs should be back down into the 90's on monday in sacramento dennis shanahan back to you. and speaking of that fire in oregon for oakland. firefighters left yesterday to help put out th

those are something that, each drought, we always look to irrigation districts in the san joaquin valley. we may not be successful, but we'll be looking at that again. we're hoping to start delivering recycled water next year to golden gate park, and we've also started construction on the alameda creek recapture project, so all of these things will have some near term benefit for water supply that we can look at in our system. so that's really where we are on the drought. the latest change with the executive order last week was very significant, and also what we see coming forward in curtailments are very significant, and i'm happy to answer any questions. >> commissioner ajami? >> on one slide, you have this call-out, this table that you have -- >> next slide. >> next slide, please. okay. perfect. normal percent of maximum storage, and i wonder if that's a right terminology for what you're trying to say there? i wonder if it needs to be, like, more historical or something like that? just to, i don't know -- >> actually, if you'll note, there is a footnote number 5 with that. >> yeah. >>

bay area from those great watering sources that come through the sacramento a valley and the san joaquin valley. they're wasting so much water running through there to try to help the delta smelt. so much water is gone and the smelt, when they do a petroleum, a survey, they can't even -- troll, a survey, they can't even find any anymore. so what are we going to do? why does this matter to all-americans? well, certain crops, 99% can umfrom california. 99% such as almonds, artichokes, celery, figures, garlic, raisins, can i which, honeydew, plums, sweet rice and walnuts. you're not going to find those easily imported from somewhere else or at least the quality that americans are used to. if we don't put our water situation in the state of california either due to environmental and regulatory concerns or building mortgage storage. we should be doing both. we need to be fix -- fixing this regulatory risk problems because the endangered species act has been weaponized against people that weren't for people. we need to pause for a minute and see, are these things that we're doing even helping the fis

it looks pretty toasty throughout the sacramento valley and the san joaquin. alright, that being said, we've got that fog that is locked along the coastline. there it is. and that is keeping the temperatures, of course, much cooler out toward the beaches. i think even though we'll see less fog we'll have enough of the sea breeze during this heat wave that will keep those temperatures cooler along the coastline. so overeat their 52nd pacifica right now. 59 in san francisco or maybe even 5 degrees in concord overnight tonight. going to see more patchy low clouds and fog again return to some coastal drizzle tomorrow morning. clouds then becoming mostly sunny and then high pressure really takes over builds in for the weekend. that's going to send those temperatures soaring away from the coast overnight tonight, though, it's going to be about that fog again, it's going to move into the bay and some of the valleys to the breakaway leave a mostly sunny skies except up toward the beaches. but even there may be a little more broken by tomorrow afternoon. i still in the

and when -- here in the san joaquin valley of california which is pretty impoverished, when you talkass issues, and yet the people who are running the government and who are influenced by the trillions of dollars of market capitalization in silicon valley are the megaphones in hollywood. think they things are going great. i've got enough money i can live in a place where i can be safe, i have luxury items, i don't really care about gas or power. and i think really the republicans really have to make the argument that they're the party of the middle class because all the data shows that they are. the character of a wealthy white male republican putting on a golf course is not accurate anymore. lawrence: victor, it is the point that they talk down to the middle class like you don't know anything, we know better, we know what to do what's best for you. talk a little about this and how they're losing the middle class. >> well, i think they don't, they don't understand what they're doing. i think they are creating a middle class backlash across racial lines. and we see that with black mal

san joaquin river watersheds. many farmers in the central valley have already seen their water allocations reduced.ep in mind, it's not final, but the board is set to vote on august 3rd. >>> the gilroy garlic festival is back after two difficult years. this was the first after a mass shooting in 2019, and last year it was canceled, of course, because of the pandemic. now, that forced organizers to reimagine the festival as a drive-thru event. things may have changed, but the flavors and the aromas are certainly still the same. this was the second day sold out in a row. >> we had a hard couple years, so we're here to support them. >> this is tradition with our family. we come every year. we missed it last year, and we said we're not going to miss it this year. >> the festival is already sold out for tomorrow, but at last check tickets were still available for next weekend. if you do plan on attending, drivers must pre-order garlic festival favorites in advance. no walkup orders are accepted. >>> the oakland aviation museum honored amelia earhart today on this day, her birthday. earhart will forever

san joaquin river watersheds. many farmers in the central valley have already seen their water allocations reduced. keep in mind, it is not final, but the board is set to vote on the order on august 3rd. >>> the gilroy garlic festival is back after two difficult years. this was the first since a mass shooting in 2019, and last year it was canceled because of the pandemic. that force t reimagine the festival as a drive-thru event. things may have changed, but the flavors and aromas are still the same. this was the second soldout day in a row. >> we had a hard couple years, so we're here to support them. >> this is tradition with our family. we come every year. we missed it last year, and we said we're not going to miss it this year. >> the festival is already sold out for tomorrow, but at last check, tickets were still available for next weekend. keep in mind if you do plan on attending, drivers must pre-order garlic festival favorites in advance. no walk-up orders are accepted. >>> the oakland aviation museum honored amelia earhart today on her birthday. earhart will forever be tied to oakland wher

service now issuing a excessive heat watch in the slum account into the sacramento valley and also all the way down the san joaquin're going to look at those temperatures again, upper 90's, maybe a 104 degrees in parts of slow county. so very, very hot temperatures expected friday through about monday may need to be extended after that as well. the meantime, the rest of the area do with some fog and low clouds again, moving in along the coastline. we'll see that out there. cool 50's out there toward the beaches. nice warm, 85 degrees in concord is currently 76 little cooler into livermore inside the bay. very comfortable 66 degrees in oakland and very nice 72 degrees in san jose. we're going to have more on your local weather. plus, check out what is now hurricane elsa coming up in a few minutes. i'd approaching. thank you, lauren. side. coming up, gas prices keep going up and up are going to look at one of the spots with the highest prices in the bay area. >> plus no needles, no problem. how you could get your covid-19 vaccine without getting an actual shot in your arm. majestic mountains... scenic coastal highwa