northern california a new of new fire starts in northern california the past 24 hours with the cloud-to-ground lightning strikes outside of the rain that those storms have produced. here is the good news. that monsoonal moisture is going to have less of an effect as the atmosphere gradually dries out. minimal act in the high sierra and northern california saturday. similar on sunday. a couple of pop-up showers, not expecting any widespread thunderstorm activity through the weekend into at least the start of neck weeks and it does like another batch of monsoonal moisture heading towards the sierra and northern california next week. that should avoid the bay area. we will look at the bay area's extended forecast in a few minutes. >>> still ahead, the tribute in oakland tonight honor ago a bay area basketball legend. i sna and the tribute to the monterey bay marine sanctuary. >>> coming up at six, oakland business owners fed up with police slow response times. plus -- >> convention and visitor business is back in a big way in san jose. how that is helping local unemployment numbers and the nation

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over 2000 people in northern california have been forced from their homes by a mess of wild farm. the mckinney fire has scorched more than 200 square kilometers of land inside a national forest and just to dies, it's the largest blaze in the state. so father skia and at least 28 people have died in floods in the south eastern jewish state of kentucky. the number is expected to rise as the search for survivors continues. flash floods have destroyed roads, bridges, and disrupted cell phone service. hampering rescue efforts. and one of the poorest parts of the country zane bez ravi reports. torrential rains and flash floods sweeping away homes, up routing trees, tearing families apart. at least 4 children are among the dozens killed in the us state of kentucky. siblings, the oldest 8, the youngest, just to mother nature's fury has left behind little more than debris and destruction. mm hm. oh ross, i even say name. mail. yeah, murky. dennis, weather forecasting models that governments have used for decades are obsolete in an ever warming world. this is what the rainy season is going

it's been an especially challenging summer for growers in northern california and the central valley. it's the third year of drought in california. many days of triple digit heat have had a devastating impact on many crops, nuts and fruits have been hit especially hard by the lack of raid. combined with hot weather. gets too hot during the heat wave. you could go out into some of the places where we have fruit trees and sound like rainfall, and that's how the fruit is just dropping. california growers say the intense heat and lack of water or major factors in the rising food prices at the grocery store . firefighters are working to fully contain a wildfire burning just south of clear like the point fire started saturday night near mount kennedy. cal fire says it's now 90% contained after burning an estimated 14 acres. at one point, the fire had forced the evacuation of people in about 200 homes, but those evacuation orders have been lifted and everyone has come back. no homes were lost. investigators are still trying to determine how the fire started. firefighters hope to have it unde

we have numerous fire started in northern california. here's the very latest in and around the fire. there you see why rica out there. the winds, not all that strong. just light up for miles an hour. come up out the south now. >> we are seeing a couple of scattered showers in and around that area. red flag warnings are fire weather warning as we're going to see another round of thunderstorms that monsoonal moisture continue to rotate on through, expected to be some more dry lightning not going to see much in the way of rain. the bases, those thunderstorms likely just too high. and that is the main concern in northern california is that we could be talking about some more fires getting started from monsoonal rains developing there as well. all right. in and around the fire to the south, they're getting a little bit a better handle on that fire near 70 valley there. the winds a little bit stronger than lot of the northwest at 12 miles an hour. we did have some pop-up showers in around that area. it's more thunderstorms over the sierra neva

from the start of the incident. >> red flag warnings remain in effect for parts of oregon and northern california. firefighters are also concerned about the possibility of dry lightning. and in southern california, heavy rain triggered a mudslide near big bear. the falling debris shut down a stretch of highway in both directions, leaving more than two dozen drivers stranded with several cars stuck in the mud. bulldozers were brought in to clear the road. >>> speaking of dangerous rain, now to the deadly flooding in kentucky claiming the lives of at least 28 people. that number is expected to rise as the desperate search continues with dozens of others still unaccounted for, and more rain is hampering rescue efforts. abc's mola lenghi has the latest. >> reporter: with more rain falling in the same areas ravaged by flooding, authorities in kentucky warning residents to be on alert. >> make sure you stay safe. make sure you have a place that is higher ground. go to a shelter. >> reporter: new drone video showing the vast devastation. homes and businesses gone. at least 28 people killed, including 4

. >> what you saw in northern california over the last several weeks was a series of lightning firescurred. during these lightning, thunderstorm type offense, you end up with high wind. you end up with a fire that starts with lightning strikes and burdens 20,000 acres. just a few hours. reporter: new engines are equipped with military crews are something additional that we didn't have in the past. he believes we are on the right path. >> this summer, we have seen some catastrophic fires. the total area that has been burned is not as bad as it has been in the last few years. i'm optimistic that we are beginning to see some of the results of the investments that have been made. dan: when we will see the strike team in action, the chief tells me the trucks were delivered on tuesday. crews are now training in the goal is for them to be ready for fire deployment before the summer is over. that comes in just over a month. j.r. stone, abc7news. dan: thanks very much. an industrial fire in pleasanton sent smoke into the sky. it ignited around 7:00 tonight. this is a concrete plant on stanley

we all know how important tahoes due northern california when it comes to tourism and ecology. the summit being held at sam harbor nevada state park. the 26 annual lake tahoe summit. this year's meeting is focused on ths focused on the progress to restore the tahoe basin over tht couple of decades in finding ways to preserve and protect lake tahoe in the years to come white house national climate adr house national climate adviser, gina mccarthy, gave the keynote address. >> isn't this all about conservation, our resilience ef? , our resilience efforts? it's our recognition that if we want to live healthy, we need an environment that stands up to or needs. we need to fight againste change, and we are going to keep keep moving forward to strengthen our ability to keep r force healthy. >> reporter: the summit was organized by tahoe fund. the goal is bringing the natural and and human environments into balance. some other factors, lake clarity, forced health, and and sustainable recreation an estimated 15 million visitors come to the lake each year. >> is a crown jewel of californ

. >> what you saw in northern california over the last several weeks was a series of lightning fires that occurred. during these lightning, thunderstorm type offense, you end up with high wind. you end up with a fire that starts with lightning strikes and burdens 20,000 acres. just a few hours. reporter: new engines are equipped with military crews are something additional that we didn't have in the past. he believes we are on the right path. >> this summer, we have seen some catastrophic fires. the total area that has been burned is not as bad as it has been in the last few years. i'm optimistic that we are beginning to see some of the results of the investments that have been made. dan: when we will see the strike team in action, the chief tells me the trucks were delivered on tuesday. crews are now training in the goal is for them to be ready for fire deployment before the summer is over. that comes in just over a month. j.r. stone, abc7news. dan: thanks very much. an industrial fire in pleasanton sent smoke into the sky. it ignited around 7:00 tonight. this is a concrete plant on

. >> in northern california and they're walking off the job to strike. kron four's gayle ong has that update. okay. we're going to get that package playing for you guys. do we have that baggage? if not, we can move on to the next story for them. okay. so let's talk about this nurses at saint mary's medical center in san francisco are trying to call attention to the facility staffing shortage. they plan to do that by holding an informational picket today. nurses say the lack of staff is impacting patient care because they don't have enough people to treat patients in a timely manner. they also say nurses often work with outbreaks. they're on top of working overtime. they also have to pull double shifts. now the ticket will be held in front of the medical center on scanned than street at 2.30 today. so make sure you are mindful of that. well over the east bay, we have 2 miners, their injured following 2 separate shootings in oakland. police say one of the miners was sent to the hospital with serious injuries after a shooting on the 900 block of 26 street a

much needed rain really helping firefighters battling the deadly mckinney fire in northern california. but now mud flow and flash flooding are posing a risk in some parts of six siskiyou county. big problem right in that area. crews from all over california have been fighting the fast-moving fire near the klamath national forest. the blaze has scorched more than 57,000 acres since it broke out on friday. it's not been contained yet. thousands living near the forest and along highway 96 have been forced to evacuate and fast. at least four people have died so far. a family member of one of the victims says her brother stayed behind to try to save the family home. >> to know that my brother refused to move. but he has always been a stubborn guy. so he did what he wanted to do. >> the family says the victim was an animal lover, and they think his dogs died beside him after the fire burned down that home. >>> extreme weather events are ravaging the planet. now international scientists say need to start preparing for the worst. cbs' ian lee reports on what scientists are calling a climate e

. >> now northern california companies have a lot riding on nasa's return to the moon, the home-grown technology that's part of the artemis mission. good evening, i'm ryan yamamoto. yamamoto. >> tonight we start with a phenomenon caused by the drought, what some californians don't know is as california sinks deeper into it, there are parts of the state that are literally sinking. >> we are going to show you a megaproject fix underway in the central valley, the land the started sinking almost as soon as farmers started pumping water water out of the ground and in drought periods, that is sinking sinking picking up speed but parts of the valley dropping as much as a foot per year, now as it buckled and in some spots they can only move water at a fraction of the original capacity. >> the bill is coming due, and as kpix 5 wilson walker shows us, the fix might help provide some long-term relief. >> reporter: the sec is the canal is going down into a whole. it's the whole region around here that is settling in. in. a lot of people don't look at it that way because the pistachios aren't lowe

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we do have that low continued parked over the northern california coastline.e have that high pressure to the east of us. this hasn't changed in recent days in our temperatures haven't changed either. we again are looking at a thunderstorms developing due to that monsoonal moisture and instability, but this afternoon a little bit farther east into nevada yesterday, they were right up over the sierra. right now they are again pushed east. area. over lake. a look at the cover. getting into the iv. hours. you can see how it develops here. a look at tomorrow morning, so a.m. inland by about 11 o'clock noon. time will go partly cloudy tomorrow for our coastline. the afternoon highs for tomorrow. 82 in santa rosa upper sixties san francisco 74 in oakland, 84 in livermore 80 degrees san jose, so right about average, even a little bit below temperatures again will be warming up second half of the business weekend into your weekend. better. details in the for. coming up. all right, we'll see you in a bit. to an all time. great in an essay published in vogue magazine tod

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the fast-growing mckinney fire in northern california turned deadly. the siskiyou county sheriff confirms two people were found dead burned inside a car in a residential county y near near e klamutr river. it is still at zero percent containment. we're hearing from evacuees, harlene you're about to hear from just moved to the area and lost their home. >> i'm an artist. my painting of horses playing poker, they're all gone and i'm very sad. my house is gone, all my furniture, all my clothes, shoes, coats, boots, efrg's gone. >> more than 2,000 people have been forced to evacuate. fire crews across california including here in the bay area are going north to help. conditions are not working in nair favor, of course, the drought but also the wind and poibof ligng. a amanda? >>> san francisco's public health emergency for monkeypox goes into effect today. here is a live look at the line already forming outside sf general's vaccine clinic. this doesn't even open until 8:00 a.m. we've been told sf will get more than 4,000 monkeypox vaccines today. >>> a shoo

california is not all the same and what's happening in northern california is not always what's happeningn southern california. it's a unique situation. > >> this is long overdue. the motion picture academy is apologizing to the first nativen to stand on stage at the oscars. oscars. >> hello. i am apache and presi. and president. >> at the 1973 little oscars, rd marlon brando declining his best best actor statuette for the godfather and addressing stereotypes of native americans in film and tv. she was booed and threatened and now the acady the academy is issued an apologr the abuse she suffered. she has been invited for an evening of reflection and healing of the academy museum in september. i am glad she is getting this apology, but shame on you whoevr was there and food someone for difference of opinions. >> almost 50 years. it was such a generous act by marlon brando and it is sad that others did not receive it that way. at least they're trying to make amends. > >> another colorful crustacean found in the south. this rare orange lobster was found in mis. in mississippi. the one in 30 m

a number of protests are happening outside of kaiser permanente campuses throughout northern california. why these union members say they're walking out on the job and why kaiser representatives say there was no ground for a protest. from ktvu . fox two news this morning's onto and welcome back, gasia mikaelian. good morning. i'm dave clark. it is monday. it's august 15th you ready for some really warm weather will meet you at the pool tomorrow afternoon. good idea. paulson has a forecast, particularly for today. and tomorrow the next couple of days. you know that that is true. not so much the coast but inland. yes bumping up. we saw that over the weekend. we'll continue this tomorrow looks to be where it maxes out. interesting though. there's all fifties. here on this panel. i mean 50 56 in the city after last week, they couldn't get under 60 degrees. why? because the buoy temp went down to 55. that makes a huge difference. santa rosa 50 to settle. those are cool. we are looking for some fog. it's mainly about san francisco south . it's thick as thieves down parts of the cemetery and s

the devastating wildfire exploding in northern california. tens of thousands of acres burned in less than 48 hours. and we've just learned the fire has destroyed more than 100 structures. the state's governor declaring a state of emergency in the area. dozens of hikers rescued. hundreds of homes evacuated. extreme drought is fueling the out-of-control inferno, and news just coming in. a mudslide stranding more than two dozen people near big bear, california. >>> the new flood threat in kentucky hampering search efforts. more rain is now hitting some of the worst impacted areas. flash flooding possible in the coming hours as the death toll rises. kentucky's governor tours the devastation by helicopter. what we're learning about those four siblings swept away. dozens of people still unaccounted for this hour. our mola lenghi is in the flood zone, and rob marciano times out the rain and the new heat wave threatening the east coast. >>> the growing monkeypox outbreak. new york city joins san francisco in declaring a state of emergency. the city's

more storms likely to develop over the high sierra and mountains of northern california. how much rain today? not a lot, but actually considering a lot since it's august. even a trace in hayward. counts for a lot. the high end at half moon bay. we'll take a look at how long this mugginess in the atmosphere's going to be sticking sticking around in a few minutes. >>> governor newsom doeclaring n emergency over monkeypox. it will allow emergency medical rsr vaes.li's reived more than 61,000 doses so far and distributed more than 25,000. san francisco has at least 310 of the state's 827 cases. that virus hitting san francisco's latino community especially hard. the group accounts for 15% of the city's population but 27% of its confirmed or probable cases in that community. bilingual outreach is critical to emphasize it is not an s 26std. >> broadening the scope to other members of the community that en't btq,he importance of being awaref >> and for more information, more of it on monkeypox vaccines and testing, head to our website at kpix.com. >>> as for the coronavirus surg

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that is a look at your bay area beats. > >> a push to protect a jewel of northern california. lake tahoe. tahoe. it is the theme of the 26th annual lake tahoe summit as as an harbor, nevada state park. park. in this year's meeting, it's focused on the progress made to restore the tahoe basin over the last two decades and finding ways to preserve and protect the lake tahoe in the years to come. white house national climate adviser gina mccarthy gave the keynote addre. keynote address. >> we need to fight against climate change, and we're going to keep forward to strengthen our ability to keep our fourth . fourth healthy. perk at the summit was organized by the tahoe find, and it's goal is bringing the natural and human s human environments into balance, balance, so some of the factors, factors, lake clarity, forest health, and sustainable recreat. sustainable recreation. that's over in tahoe what they are seeing a bit of activity in the atmosphere. > >> in the bay, we are too. taking a look at first alert doppler, zooming in close to the the peninsula, right now we are seeing m

as we look at statewide and essential sierra we are seeing thunderstorms up around northern california. still the possibility why the web -- why the red flag warning is in effect until tonight. it is for lake county, thunderstorms with abundant lining and very little to no rain is the biggest concern here. any fires sparked by dry lightning will cause them to read -- rapidly spread. a heat advisory remains up for lake and mendocino counties. we're still looking at triple digit temperatures, risk of heat illnesses, here in parts of the bay area. beautiful view right now from our pier 39 camera i will let you know about a quieter weather pattern ahead. dan: that sounds nice. a five hour flex alert is implied chris -- is in progress. we are at peak of forecasted energy demand, this chart shows how actual demand compares to predictions. people are asked to voluntarily conserve energy so the grid does not get overwhelmed, this last until 9 p.m.. ama: part of building a better bay area is looking at our climate, right now a toxic algae bloom is spreading across the bay, while it is not harmf

hazy skies are expected because of smoke from the northern california fire. 70, downtown san francisco3, santa77, oakland. hazy, hot, humid tomorrow. 100, brentwood. a slight possibility of a thunderstorm isolated at best. mid to high level clouds. hot and hazy inland. heat continues easing on thursday but it is back inland, upper 90's friday briefly before numbers drop off for the weekend. we will all be ready for that. dan: those 80's look really good . still ahead, the nba gets ready to release their league schedule for the season. why no t californians have a choice between two initiatives on sports betting. prop 27 generates hundreds of millions every year to permanently fund getting people off the streets a prop 26? not a dime to solve homelessness prop 27 has strong protections to prevent minors from betting. prop 26? no protections for minors. prop 27 helps every tribe, including disadvantaged tribes. prop 26? nothing for disadvantaged tribes vote yes on 27. in a recent clinical study, patients using salonpas patch reported reductions in pain severity, using less or a lot less

>> now at 3, a fast-moving fire in northern california kills at least 2 people as it burns out of control. a look at the dangerous conditions. firefighters are up against. plus san francisco vaccine clinics filling up again as the city declares a state of emergency over the monkeypox virus and little league football game turned into a crime scene after shooting injured. a young girl and 2 others. how the youth football organization is responding to the violence. >> now from the area's local news station. this is kron. 4 news at 3. >> thanks for joining us this monday here on kron. 4 news at 3. i'm noelle bellow. 2 people have been found dead in the path of the mckinney fire. so far the raging wildfire has burned more than 85 square miles in northern california near the oregon border. authorities have not released many details on how those victims died. but there are reports they were found in a burned out vehicle. right now, firefighters are working against challenging weather conditions with the threat that these flames could continue to spread and cause further destruction. reporter kar

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but now all that swirling in the far northern california rotating around. you see kind of an area of low pressure right here. and so, yeah, it was kind of activity there into the afternoon hours with things beginning slow down just a bit now and looks like by tomorrow morning. a boost that done by the afternoon may start to pick up once again. fog the surging back on shore with that sea breeze. and that's keeping you cool on the coastline. high pressure over the 4 corner states start to ease its way eastward and that's allowing for temperatures still stay hot but slowly cooling down in some spots, least along the coastline. we've had that sea breeze. but tomorrow, i think we start to see that ridge in the pacific start to build in to get a little more of a northerly component to the wind. that's really important. that means we may begin to clear things out even along the coastline, maybe a little more sunshine by tomorrow afternoon. temperature wise got some 60's out toward the beaches. much cooler there, of course, near triple digits in the valleys by tomo

fire crews across california and the bay area are waking up to northern california to help and kpix 5's devin fehely shows us why this fire is just so hard to fight. >> reporter: the mckinney fire is a beast. it's torched entire hillsides and turned towering trees into kindling, burning uncontained and uncontrolled near the border with oregon. >> this one was driven by its fuels, its terrain, and it's extremely fast-moving winds. >> reporter: officially the cause of the fire is still under investigation but the u.s. forest service says several smaller blazes were sparked by a lightning storm in the area. whatever the cause, the forest service says the fire was stred by strong wind and was intensified by years of drought. >> this year in particular they're landing on an extremely receptive fuel bed. that means every strike that comes in has the potential to become a fire. >> reporter: more than a thousand firefighters are battling the blaze and reinforcements are on the way but there is no time line for containment. there were is more lightning in the forecast, and the combination of l

asking governor newsom to withdraw his plan for an underground tunnel that would send water from northern california down to southern. they all represent district in the delta called the proposed 45 mile long tunnel, a misguided multi billion dollar boondoggle that won't create any new water for california. they also say the project would devastate delta communities and the ecosystem. they say the state should make recycling conservation and a new water storage system. top priorities still to come here at noon, democrats moving closer to passing a massive tax and spending bill in the senate how that bill is aimed at reducing inflation here in the united states. and a barrier weather looks like another hot day inland, but a cooling trend around the corner and we'll have more does your plug-in fade too fast? try febreze fade defy plug. it has built-in technology to digitally control how much scent is released to smell first day fresh for 50 days. la la la la la. mr. clean magic eraser: for a deep down hygienic clean. magic eraser removes the messes you can see as well as more of the dirt and grime you

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the flooding and firefighters really starting to build up containment on the fire burning in northern california. the latest numbers from cal fire as hot and dry weather is expected this week. this is ktvu fox two news at noon. good afternoon. i'm ali erasmus. students in oakland are back in class. for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, the first day of school seems more normal than it did in the last couple of years. katie news james torres. reports from carl b. monk elementary this year, the first day of school at carl b. monk elementary will not have mask mandates vaccine requirements, but they will have some parents thinking about covid-19. and about a school closure next summer happy first day of school for oakland school monk welcomed its newest wave of kindergarten to fifth graders just before nine this morning. may it means everything to me. my son is four years old. it's just coming out of covid, and it's his first time going to school. so i'm really excited. excited now that school feels a bit more normal other than having to take an at home covid test before the start

northern california school has already had a shutdown because of covid outbreak. about a quarter of the students and half the staff at west point elementary school in calvary's county are out. they were forced to cancel school yesterday and today. we go to washington, d. c. now president biden today signed to bipartisan bills into law aimed to prevent fraud and the federal covid-19 relief programs intended to help small businesses. the president who is currently recovering from a rebound, covid-19 infection himself, delivered remarks from the blue room balcony. in announcing the new measures, the president stressed the importance of taking action against those who abuse the relief programs. look american people deserve to know. well that their tax dollars are being spent as intended. my message to those cheats out there is this you can't hide. we're going to find you. we're going to make you pay back what you stole and hold you accountable under the law. this move comes after the justice department charged 21 people for fraudulently receiving $150 million in covid

fortunately, we did not see any new fires f there's a red flag warning for the mckinney fire area in northern californias they're expecting lightening strikes up to the north and across mainly the sierra and across southern california. so through tomorrow evening, that's where the biggest threat of thunderstorms will be. here in the bay area, we continue to see lingering mugginess in the air. right now, the dew points are in the 50's. we've seen some 60's. livermore 49 degrees. tomorrow morning it will be muggy to start off the day. as we head into the afternoon, still that humidity lingering. what we're not used to. but later on during the day we see the due penguins dropping off into the 40's, which is comfortable for us. anywhere from the 50's to the 70's. it's pretty mild outside at this hour. do want to show you why the humidity may return. tropical storm frank that is well-defined in the pacific expected to weaken to post tropical depression tomorrow. but right now, it's still a tropical storm as it continues to weaken. notice the north, northeast trajectory. could see some of that leftover moistu

it just baffles me that they weren't able to locate her in two weeks, a tragic ending in northern california volunteer divers say they believe they have found the body of missing truckee team kylie rodney what investigators are saying about the grim discovery. also ahead. relief is coming to help slow the monkeypox outbreak. how the biden administration is stepping up its response as thousands of people have tested positive for the virus nationwide. plus ocean cliffs across california's coastline or crumbling faster than previously thought, but some parts of the state are greater risk than others. today is monday. august 22nd. we are looking live at san francisco and some clouds that will be departing soon and it will be getting warmer, and we've also seen the shift of parents taking their kids to school, lingering a little later and getting on the road. we've seen that and speaking of parents a new report shows just how expensive it is to raise a child in this country from birth to just short of the 18th birthday. the brookings institute says a middle income married couple will spend $310,0

it is equally important to know that one year ago tomorrow the central and northern california area were pummeled by lightning that started hundreds of fires, one year ago tomorrow. and as we can see outside today, we saw monsoonal moisture and lightning in the last couple of weeks and we don't see that today. and i hope that mother nature ú provide one catastrophic event at a time that we can use our resources to mitigate this. >> it sounds like a little bit of luck really in terms of what our weather is right now. as the claimant continues to dry and it continues to get hotter, how does that factor into your planning?>> so, we are constantly evaluating the fire weather and fuel conditions across california and we are projecting it into the future, and i agree that climate change is playing a part in the factors that are affecting california. but to the other factor that we have talked about is forest resilience and fuel reduction and we have to continue to invest in fire prevention activities and vegetation management to really turn this corner. >> let's talk about that in particular b

the tree is called hyperion a 380 foot tall redwood in northern california.e who is now caught near that giant tree can face a $5,000, fine or up to 6 months in jail. there are no public trails that lead to the tree. but that hasn't stopped in to see us from tracking through the forest to find it those off-road measures have caused major damage to the surrounding plant life even hurt. hyperion is root system. officials won't say officials say rather than the tree won't be the world's tallest tree for much longer. if that decay continues, they hope that fines will put a stop to the rogue visitors. >> despite all the weekend excitement, the corpse flower at uc santa cruz is not going to bloom after all people checked in throughout the weekend on the livestream to but late yesterday the university announced that its corpse flower is truly that a corpse. and it's not going to bloom whether the petals open up or not, the plant dies within just one day. the university will perform a quote, unquote autopsy on the flower wednesday to find out why it did in bloom. the

the focus of the thunderstorms will be over northern california and the sierra nevada as you take a look at live picture from our south beach camera. last 24 hours pick up trace amounts. kent field. 400's in half moon bay. august we don't see rain too often. but for the entire month of august, our average is 600th in san francisco. i'll be back to let you know if there's any more humidity or showers in the forecast. dan: thank you we'll see you shortly. one of the most wanted terrorists in the world killed by the united states. ayman al-zawahiri was killed. norman norwood explains that he was strumal in some of the deadliest attacks against united states. prior to the blue room ball con inn president joe biden announcing the takedown of one of the world's most wanted terrorists. >> on saturday at my direction, the united states successfully concluded an air strike in ka kabul, afghanistan that killed the amir of al-qaeda. >> he had been hiding for more than 20 years even at the u.s. pulled out of afghanistan. >> a senior administration official said the u.s. killed him over the weekend.

we have reached out to the northern california to get a different take on the district attorney's new policies, but so far we have not heard back. we've also reached out to the city's public defender's office to get their take on these new policies coming from the district attorney's office, and they say that they're working on some kind of a statement. but so far we have not received that statement. we're live in san francisco at the hall of justice , christian captain ktvu. fox two need christian. thank you. federal health officials are ramping up their response to the monkeypox outbreak with more vaccines and the creation of a new monkeypox response. team foxes jonathan serrie has more now from atlanta. doctors and health officials are scrambling to make sure monkeypox does not become the new covid, california and illinois, joining new york and declaring the virus of public health emergency. they say they need more help from the feds, including testing and most importantly, vaccines and if they can't contain the outbreak soon, it could become another disease will have to test for o

northern california not quite as much activity. around the mckinney fire, while any rain would be mostly welcome, they had some mudslide issues yesterday. we do not want a repeat of that. we will see the back-and-forth fog pattern. you can see the tops of the thunderstorms of the high sierra. are temperatures are all over the place from the 60s and 70s around the bay to the 80s and 90s further inland. 65 the cool spot in the city. if you're going to the seascape, there is a game against the dodgers. it will be breezy with passing clouds but temperature should be comfortable by early august standards. the far will begin the day tomorrow. will back up out of the valley quickly. visibility around the bay should be improving by late morning. the fog box out by lunch time at the latest. temperatures tonight dropping into a mix of 50s and 60s. very similar to the temperatures we have had this week. ones that maginnis decreases later this week, i think we will see cooler overnight lows. we are looking forward to that as we move towards th

about charging restrictions, not being able to charge their cars driving long distances from northern california to southern california, can this actually h? actually happen? >> access to electric vehicle charging will be a key challenge, the goal for 2030 is bigger, it's over 700,000 charting points, those are public charging stations, the ones that people can access in shopping centers and parking lots, places like that. there will be a need for millions of investments of individual homes and home charging. it's a big challenge but i think there is time to meet that challenge. >> and adding more car charging stations will put a higher demand on the energy grid, it's already strained during heat waves, could this lead to more blackouts, can our infrastructure handle this? >> there's two ways to look at that, on the one hand this will happen gradually, the amount of demand it is likely to come through this new policy is increasing total demand by 1%, 1 1 1/2%, something like that. that's feasible to meet that, that's how california was growing through the 90s, the challenge is going to be when p

kristen: the next climate crisis across much of northern california could be mega floods. storms that last for weeks. dan: it could put many cities and infrastructure underwater. david louis looks into the peril we face. reporter: the jet and wildfires are alarming but climate scientists say northern california and especially the bay area need to prepare for what comes next, and a floods. -- mega floods. >> we were blindsided by the increased fire and there was a desire to not be blind flight -- blindsided by the increase in flood. reporter: airports and freeways would be flooded as mega floods that dump rain for three or four weeks. >> think of the highest tides you've seen and then add water to feed on top of that and then additional flooding risk of coming from the water that would rush down from the hills and mountains. you would see significant flooding. reporter: he points out that flood risk increases when wildfires burn ground cover. mudslides and debris reduce waterway capacity. we saw that in san jose five years ago. scientists are now trying to get local, state,

the year the mckinney fire exploded over the weekend, having now burned over 52,000 acres in northern california thousands of residents have been evacuated after the blaze jumped from one mile to 62 square miles in just over a day the sheriff's office said the fire was zero percent contained as of sunday night and the fires are threatening the west in california they're starting to turned the tide on the oak fire the blaze is 67% contained as of sunday night. >>> we're just 99 days away from the critical 2022 midterm election, and tomorrow voters in five states will decide who will be on the ballot these primaries could give us the clearest picture yet on what to expect come november from abortion rights to the aftermath of the 2020 election brie jackson is in d.c. for us with a preview good morning one name not on the ballot looming large, former president donald trump. >> reporter: that's right. as has been the case so far this year, the republican tickets will serve as a referendum of the 2020 election and the president's lies about voter fraud. now, arizona's house speaker rusty bauers is fi

it is actually a little bit of smoke, the six rivers complex fire burning in northern california.th moderate air quality expected. even though it right now is still good. the wind is going to start to push some of that smoke eastward out of the bay area. it is breezy right now. 25 miles per hour at s.f.o. live doppler 7, some participates of the coast seeing the sun but some areas are pretty socked in at this hour. while it's only about 1,000 feet right now, that is going to start to deepen, get in further inland and we'll see the drop in the temperatures. 70 in the city. oakland, 72. san jose, santa particulara. our hot spots in the 90's. you had to go towards fairfield to get into the low 100. 94 in santa rosa. 100 right now in fairfield. a breeze coming through napa, 84. 96 in concord and a live view from our san jose camera where the sun is shining. fog and spotty drizzle tomorrow morning. breezy and cooler the next few afternoons. it's going to be a pretty good than push. tomorrow starting with drizzle between 5:30 and 10:00 a.m. and it's going to be a slow burn back to the c

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this is the live updating high resolution satellite of northern california northern california today. thers a lot of clouds off the coast, but right here is a plume of smoke coming off of the six rivs complex. that's the one. the mckinney fire is not putting that much smoke into the air today. that's a good sign the fire is lying down a bit, containment a whole other story, story, but in terms of activity today that's the culprit. the smoke is getting pulled this wa. see the spin in the clouds? thes an area of low pressure off our coast which in terms of air quality, smoke and temperatures is doing us a huge favor down here, not much marine layer, kind of pulled in off the coasts look at the smoke plume remembeg there's that big area of low pressure sitting out here spinning. as long as that thing sits right there, it's like a big pinwheel in the atmosphere and it will force the smoke to get caught up in it and go the other way. that's one that thins doing us is keeping smoke out of of here. it's also keeping temps below average for this time of . that low will come back in a mi. it's

from water to fire, we have two very different natural disasters to update you on tonight in northern california, extreme temperatures and bone-dry conditions fueling the mckinney fire 2,000 residents have been evacuated the fire expanding this weekend to cover 50,000 acres now and then to the east in kentucky. it was raining again today after historic flooding caused by a once in a 1,000-year rainstorm on wednesday. the death toll has reached at least 28, but the governor is warning the number will continue to grow. we have two reports tonight, beginning with jesse kirsch in lost creek, kentucky >> reporter: tonight, eastern kentucky hit again. up to three more inches of rain and isolated flood threats plague the region still reeling from devastating floods >> we'll make it through that, too. >> reporter: the governor of kentucky visiting the disaster zone as new storms get in the way of rescue operations in an area where some homes are tucked into hillsides. kentucky's governor says more than 600 people have been rescued by air alone since the flooding began. that means help from helicopters l