spare the air today. unhealthy air is spreading. spare the air lasts until midnight.minimal changes through the weekend. a few hints of scattered showers for next week. 59 milpitas, low 60s rest of the south bay. upper 50s to near 60 for the peninsula. mid to upper 50s along the coast. mid to upper 50s downtown into south san francisco, 56 sausalito, mid 50s to bodega bay. upper 50s throughout the east bay shore. into the east bay valleys mid to upper 50s today. monterey bay carmel 56, upper 50s for the bay, inland low 60s. slightly warmer through the central valley low to mid 60s, cooler tahoe 47, mid to upper 60s around san diego, los angeles and palm springs. tonight mid to upper 30s inland valleys again. moisture does increase as i think, we may see more fog tomorrow. it is a spare the air until midnight 40s oakland, san mateo, half moon bay, richmond, everyone else in the 30s tomorrow morning. i think tomorrow will be a spare the air day also. saturday looking iffy. sunday, tuesday into wednesday hints of rain just hints now. >>> you were telling us about fog in

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the air was horrible. here is what it was like christ mass eve and on the day it balance all unhealthy for sensitive groups. lisa knows because she works for the air quality management district enforcing spare the air. they take reports neighbors. that's not always popular. take this, hey, i run my fireplace 24-7 when i cold. anyone turn me? i found out i burn his blanking house down. this put more smoke in the air than my fireplace. 2200 have turned in their neighbors so far. first time it's a warning. >> second time a 400-dollar ticket. >> reporter: in other stories she said i sounded snarky about snitches. maybe i have. she came out with a crew to show me how bad it can be. the specialist eric stevenson. >> the fire inside my house,. >> right now the level is -- very high. >> reporter: >> reporter: on its way to double the level. how about my barbecue and the smoker i use on weekends? extended exposure which i may have sometimes, eight times the federal standards. >> reactions in the body, harms your lu

the american people support the clean air act. people want clean air. and over the past 40 years, the clean air act has brought us dramatic air quality improvements. but house republicans are intent on undoing these achievements. in bill after bill from one industry after another, the house has voted to punch holes in the clean air act. it is for more toxic pollution, arsenic and lead pollution, more particulate pollution, and more nitrogen oxide pollution. in fact the house has voted 170 times to undermine our nation's environmental laws, over 60 of those votes were to dismantle the clean air act. i urge my colleagues to protect clean air and the health of all americans and oppose h.r. 1633. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman's time is reserved. the gentleman from kentucky. >> thank you, mr. chairman. american farmers, ranchers, and other rural businesses like many other sectors of our economy have faced an onslaught of e.p.a. regulation. mr. whitfield: we all support the environment, but our economy is struggling today. and eve

someone actually fired a gun into the air several times. it happened off of i-80 and hill top drive. scott budman joins us with the details. what are these people thinking? >> reporter: it's taking us back to the past. air jordans go on sale and people just can't contain themselves. here at hill top mall in richmond, the mall is open for business but the shoes are not on sale after the incident you spoke of, someone firing a shot into the air. we are told that person was arrested, crowds disbursed and although the mall is open, the shoes are not for sale. this is video taken from chopper 11 here at hill top mall just after the shooting. lots of people had lined up to try to be the first to get their hands on the new air jordans that cost about $180 each. people lining up early, we're told as many as 2,000 people were here at hill top mall, one of those firing shot into the air. one arrest, no injuries t crowd broken up and everyone sent home for a few hours before the mall reopened. so far the mall reopened without incident and so things ge

poorest air quality up in the north bay all of us have to follow the spare the air rules which meanso woodburning or you will pay a very nice fine. let's talk about temperatures, just updated them freezing temperatures santa rosa novato, napa, concord, livermore, mountain view, lack of 20s, fairfield too, we talked about it yesterday, wasn't going to be quite as cold cold enough for scattered frost. 33 redwood city, 34 los gatos. mid 40s san francisco. mid 30s monterey bay inland to salinas, 27 third day in a row with subfreezing temperatures in gil spare the air until midnight, 2:00 -- in gilroy. spare the air until midnight. 2:00 this afternoon i expect the district to reissue one for tomorrow and friday mostly sunny, near average high temperatures hazy sunshine, high clouds more than tonight will help keep temperature up frost less likely tomorrow morning at this time. south bay 59 in milpitas, low 60s for everybody else. upper 50s to near 60 on the peninsula. mid to upper five -- 50s along the coast and downtown south san francisco, beaches, valleys, mid to upper 50s the same alo

mild air. air mild enough we are going to be about that close to 60 degrees tomorrow, so really these clouds, these returns, this time of the year nothing but good news. let's take a look at our deviation from the past 24 hours, now 7 degrees chillier than this time yesterday. this one of my favorite graphics you can really watch the ebb and flow of the right now weather if you will by noticing these temperatures. tomorrow i bet it is plus 10. >>> on tv hill at this time it is 38 degrees, 54% humidity, here is that southerly flow. here is that mild air moving our way. barometer is at 30.06, big dome of high pressure has ridged in, yesterday morning barometer was 29.59. behind that low that brought us all the winds. winds have diminished, high pressure sits right on top of us. 30 degree oakland, 35 cumberland, 32 haggerstown, 35 elkton, upper 30s dc, easton and ocean city, pax river and solomon island low 40s, 35 belaire, 36 westminster, 38 columbia 37 rock hall. annapolis and kent island at 41

sunday, monday if we get any air movement we'll be able to take out the spare the air. tuesday, wednesday that's when the hint of rain is there so minimal now. hopefully, it will change. we need the rain. >> thanks mike. >>> the u.s. court of appeals in san francisco is set to hear arguments in two remaining issues in the legal showdown over california's ban on same-sex marriage. they've asked the court to set aside the ruling by judge walker claim he should not had been allowed to rule because walker was in a long term same-sex relationship. the appeals court will hear whether video and audio recordings of the trial should be made public. >>> ballet with fun and unique holiday twists. >> that event and more in what's hot. [ female announcer ] martinelli's gold medal sparkling cider is the perfect choice for holiday gatherings. martinelli's is non-alcoholic, festive like champagne, and tastes great! martinelli's: since 1868. >>> tech toys for kids that adult like too. then experts have spoken. michael finney will show us which tablet computer is making it to the wish li

way and i opens the air way. this young lady is in the classic position and take first aid and take cpr class and ther is any and she'y annie and she' and in a disaster you don't fin people in this position and sometimes i walk up and i can't tell whether they are breathing or not and you have to get closer and you have to touch th person and shake and shout "are you all right? " and no response and then you touch annie and shake her and n response, and what you do is pu the person in a neutral positi position, on the back so you ca open the air way if you think they're not breathing. if they are breathing and you shake annie and she says "go away, i'm sleeping here" you don't have to move her. how much blood do you have? about 6-liters and how much of the red fluid would it take to soak the front of my shirt? not much and one of the little lobes in the bottom here, half an ounce would coat my shirt an if i were to take this and pore it out on the wooden flee floor make a mess and all over the place and difficult

already called this winter, air quality officials say the air may not improve any time soon. the problem, the weather and wood smoke. christmas day air quality levels were dangerously unhealthy. we could see that again this new year's weekend. >> this cap inversion layer that caps the air in the bay area we don't get much movement that's what we've seen december which has made air quality so unhealthy. >> reporter: even on no-burn days, 77 people were possibly violating the no-burn ban. karen and her son hope people will remember those who struggle to breathe before they burn. >> i urge people to be -- to know that before they burn, they should check to see if it is a spare the air so we keep the particulate matter low we have a healthy community for everybody. >> reporter: experts say expect to see a slight improvement in the quality of our air the next couple of days. this weekend, we could see pollution levels again jump. they may have to call another spare the air day. >> of course, as we all know, a lot of that depends on what the weather may hold. sue thompson, abc7 new

that what remains needs to be a superb air force. so that suggests multiroll assets, it suggests readiness as a prime imperative. and this arrangement will drive toward being able to do fewer things simultaneously, we'll have less depth but the compelling air force that people expect. >> one of the concerns that airmen have is that the air force became smaller as the army and marine corps grew, but the demands on the air force didn't shrink, they increased, and employment rates at 7 months. know more than 90 day deployments and 120 or what have you and there are caps and now there are folks on prolonged deployment and the force is getting smaller. what has to give? what are some of the tradeoffs? >> i think the key thing is is getting the right balance between active duty, guard, and reserve, and we are going to the air expeditionary force next construct which will operate on the six month rotational profile you mentioned. i think the key aspect of this is that we will need to manage tempo and we will be able again to be in fewer pla

as far as what is happening, the spare the air, poorest air quality in the north bay valley all of usder the spare the air that means no woodburning unless you want to pay a healthy fine. most of us in the upper 40s to low 50s, mid 50s half moon bay and los gatos. monterey bay 49 santa cruz everybody else as you head inland low to mid 50s. for the afternoon hours spare the air will continue until midnight i'm guessing with the pattern not changing much we will be under another spare l

another spare the air day. just making minor adjustments to the temperatures, still chilly. >> i'm going to go with very chilly. we'll ask mike. >> in some areas it is like in napa where 29 now. everybody else above freezing not only it is chilly but we have fog and poor air quality. it is spreading across the bay area. south bay, santa clara valley, air quality management district considers anywhere south about the san mateo bridge along the bay shore into the santa clara valley where we find the clearest air, everybody else should have poor air quality today. 101 socked in with fog from a quarter mile visibility in santa rosa to less than a quarter of a mile in novato. 29 in napa, everybody else in the 30s to 40 the afternoon, hazy sun, near 60 in santa rose -- santa rosa. spare the air until midnight i bet we have another one tomorrow. as we head through the weekend temperatures don't change much hints of light rain possible tuesday and once day right now i'm going to keep the forecast dry. >>> here's some o

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first spare the air.not only do we have fog, we have poor air quality spreading around the bay also. good morning. you can see all the areas except for the south bay and down into the santa clara valley where we have the poor air quality all those areas that you see in orange. that's not during the afternoon like what we would expect for a summer spare the air that could be at any time today through midnight the south bay anywhere south of the san mateo bridge along the bay shore extending into the santa clara valley. temperatures, 29 napa, else in the 30s, 40s thickest fog along 101 now spilling across the peninsula shoreline and the east bay shoreline. watch out for rapidly changing visibilities there as you are driving around this morning. upper 50s most of us to near 60 this afternoon. i think tomorrow will be a spare the air day also. temperatures remain steady through most of the seven day forecast, a few hints of rain, tuesday, wednesday not enough to put in the forecast something i'll keep an eye

sunday, monday if we get any air movement we'll be able to take out the spare the air.tuesday, wednesday that's when the hint of rain is there so minimal now. hopefully, it will change. we need the rain. >> thanks mike. >>> the u.s. court of appeals in san francisco is set to hear arguments in two remaining issues in the legal showdown over california's ban on same-sex marriage. they've asked the court to set aside the ruling by judge walker claim he should not had been allowed to rule because walker was in a long term same-sex relationship. the appeals court will hear whether video and audio recordings of the trial should be made public. >>> ballet with fun and unique holiday twists. >> that event and more i >>> tech toys for kids that adult like too. then experts have spoken. michael finney will show us which tablet computer is making it to the wish list. and various media formats that will eliminate remotes pan give you a one stop shop for all technology. those stories and more today. >>> from a theater legend to a soldier's tale. >> don sanchez has it all in today's

air machine posing with an open casket. the photo was taken back in august at a texas air base and as will thomas explains, it was long before the fallout at delaware's dover air force base ore the discovery that some remains were improperly disposed. >> present arms! >> reporter: a sad reality of war. dover air force base where all military personnel killed in action return back to the u.s. these images make this photograph taken at lack land air force base outside of san antonio, texas, even more controversial. fifteen airmen are seen posing with an open casket, one that looks just like the metal caskets or transfer cases used to carry war dead home. another live airman is inside the casket with a noose around his next and chains across his body. at the bottom of of the photo is the phrase, dumped. it sucks to be you. congressman whitman is a member of the house armed services committee with oversight over the air force. the photo surfaces at a time when the air force already suffered a recent black eye over the sloppy ha

i have nowhere to burn wood. >> it is a spare the air morning. >>> spare the air because the poor airlity could develop in the north bay valleys interesting they would call a spare the air today because we have an onshore wind which is a cleaner wind now bringing in cleaner air winds change offshore during the afternoon and evening probably when we'll see the biggest amount of pollution develop. with the presidents off the ocean and the cloud deck just about -- with the breezes off the ocean and cloud deck, just about -- [ unintelligible ] 42 half mile visibility in napa most in the mid to upper 40s a few breaks in the cloud cover. half mile visibility in napa the only area plagued by fog. temperatures in the 30s in fairfield at 8:00 the rest of us will stay mid to upper 40s noon more sun low 50s even more sunshine as we head towards 4:00 temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. minimal changes everyday other than breezy conditions in our hills tonight less fog more frost tomorrow morning. >>> couple new accidents reported, none of them supposedly blocking one here in the shot southbound

air day.inter solstice 9:30 this evening a chance of rain tuesday and wednesday. south bay today low 60s, 61, 62 or like the 60 in milpitas. low 60s peninsula millbrae 59 upper 50s along the coast into south san francisco downtown 60 through the north bay valleys, low to mid 60s everywhere from sausalito rounding stinson to bodega bay mid to upper 50s. low 60s for the east bay shore. tule fog will have affect on the east bay valleys highway 4 from brentwood to concord, 59 walnut creek 60s more sun around danville, dublin, san ramon and pleasanton. carmel 58, low to mid 60s the rest of monterey bay. tonight 20s livermore, fairfield, napa, clear lake, cloverdale, everybody else mid to upper 30s san francisco 43°. let's see if anything has changed. no. strong blocking ridge still there, still keeping the storms away from us. you thought it was dry, san francisco for an example, the two driest san francisco since records have been kept in 1849, 1876 and 1989 no measurable rain which are close, 12/

if the air quality does not improve, a spare the air alert could be issued. that means people will be cite tuesday they violate the alert and burn wood. so far this admonition nearly 300 people have been fined and each fine about $400. >> today we've made a recommended no burn call for the remainder of today and tomorrow. and we're asking the public to please refrain from burning so that we can let this smoke buildup blow out of the air and so we can get some healthy air back here in the bay area. >> the bay area air quality management district recommends people with asthma or other lung conditions to refrain from outdoor exercise. >>> a san jose mom is facing an attempted murder charge after police say she dropped her toddler out of a second story window. rubita cortez has been booked on multiple charges. a family called 911 after the 24-year-old mother locked herself and her son in a bathroom on christmas day. when officers arrived cortez allegedly dropped boy from the window and then she jumped. the toddler was not seriously hurt. >>> oakland police are up

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. >>> and up in the air. a celebrity is in the news for getting kicked off a plane for failing to turn off his electronic device, but how many of us really do and what does it really do to the plane? of us really do and what does it really do to the plane? "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. imagine your husband or son or brother or your mother, sister or daughter served this country in uniform overseas in wartime and god forbid imagine they made the ultimate sacrifice and paid with their life. we have all been assured if that happens their remains are treated with great care and the utmost respect every step of the way. sadly we are learning that's just not true in all cases. a scandal is unraveling in washington and elsewhere about how some of our service members' remains have been treated. we start off tonight with our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. >> reporter: dover air force base is the first stop for all of america's war dead on their fin

also the poorest air quality this afternoon it is a spare the air day. get a little rain. >>> still looking great at the bay bridge toll. there is very limited visibility across the richmond san rafael bridge parts of the north bay. >>> wednesday at 5:31 thank you for joining us i'm kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas. photographer injured by a police bean bag during an occupy oakland demonstration is getting some watch he wants the police officer who fired the round and his supervisor have been reassigned. state lawmakers today will take a hard look at the way police have reacted to these protests. katie marzullo is live in the newsroom with the story. >> reporter: the fallout is falling on two fronts. the chronicle is reporting that an oakland police officer and his have adviser have been removed from duty over this inch -- and his supervisor have been removed from duty over this incident in early november. >> reporter: campbell says an officer fired a bean bag and it hit him in the leg. using bean bags in crowd controlled situations is allowed under poli

spare the air today poorest air quality north bay valleys all of us under the spare the air hazy sunshinespare the air until midnight chance of showers tonight and tomorrow will wipe out freezing temperatures, wipe out the fog, clean the air all that stuff we are talking about today will not happen tomorrow by the evening breezy and dry lieu at least fly day then just -- just dry after that hazy sunshine today main in the mid 50s we could touch 57 in san jose monterey bay mid to upper 50s upper 50s to near 60 inland that would be hollister. tonight with the extra cloud cover mid to upper 30s around palo alto fremont mid 30s near 40 inland valleys most of the bay shore out to the coast low to mid 40s what we are watching here high pressure dominating holding stagnant air in place this weak disturbance is coming in tonight hear we are 7:00 this morning, nothing going on, we'll zoom down 5:00, increase in clouds developing could make a pretty sunset in the north bay. by 7:00, north of the bay bridge, light showers. noon light showers the rest of us 5:00, gone. 10th of an inch inland to a qua

how murky is the air today?ould barely see as you look north from sutro tower now you can see the inversion warm air on top of the cold air trapping the pollution at the lower levels. right now 49 santa rosa the rest of us low to mid 50s 49 cold spot everywhere mid 50s around the monterey bay and inland. spare the air today until midnight to blazing fire this evening patchy frost possible inland. new forecast, showers for sunday into monday worst air will be in the east bay and south bay all of us under that spare the air. 60s along the 680 and 580 corridor highway 4 mid to upper 50s. upper 50s east bay shore down into the south bay temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s,y milpitas 59. upper 50s to near 60 coolest along the coast downtown south florida with mid to upper 50s the same through most of the north bay valleys, 60s around ukiah, santa clara, low to mid 60s for the rest of the bay and inland. tonight 20s around napa, clear lake and cloverdale mid 30s peninsula. here's the areas of high pressure domina

accumulative air quality impacts would remain. for the cruz terminal the significant unavoidable impacts would be transportation and circulation, mainly on the s market and war of's historic streetcar line. we did find air quality impacts in the emission of criteria pollutants and precursors that violate the standards. and cumulative impacts on transportation noise and air quality. if the commission certifies the e.i.r., the port commission and the board of supervisors can proceed to consider the proposed projects. if the port commission and board despite to approve the project they'll need to don't a statement of overriding considerations that explains how the benefits of the projects out weigh the environmental impacts. a draft e.i.r. certification motion is before the planning commission. certification is not an action to approve the project but solely a decision that the e.i.r. has been completed and in compliance with the california environmental quality act and is adequate, objective and accurate. this concludes my presentat

and poor air quality the poorest inland of the east bay and santa clara valley spare the air until midnight. fog forming, everybody else doing well, the fog not an issue yet. it will develop more the next couple of hours. still have high pressure over us that is why we have the haze hanging in the air again this morning throughout the afternoon. mainly 30s at 8:00, a few 40s around oakland, san francisco and half moon bay. afternoon hazy sun and temperatures in the mid to upper 50s along the coast and 60s for rest of us. saturday probably our fourth and final spare the air hazy sun will dominate once again. then change, chance of showers sunday especially monday morning. good morning frances. >> good morning. we head to oakland, a lot of brake lights northbound 880 near high street. traffic is slow approaching the scene all cars are being taken off on the high street off-ramp they get back on but still a back-up. southbound 880 through oakland, lanes blocked scheduled to be'm% blocked this should be cleared by 5:00 this morning. i wanted to check out the drive time for you, 238 on 880 north

mass cold air arctic air bottled up here comes the loeb of warm air coming in with 40 mi. probably because and partly sunny skies on saturday should be a nice warm day turning colder on sunday in new year's day at a pretty good 2-3 days left of arctic air monday- tuesday next week but but later next week back in warm air and get more about that of the update and 10 minutes but tonight mostly cloudy spotty light rain and perhaps freezing rainfall or ice pellets steady rise in temperatures overnight upper twenties and low 30's with the south-southwest wind. tomorrow the early precipitation partly sunny and windy noticeably milder afternoon at 15-16 degree temperature drop. rising as we get the 45 and we think we will cloud over tomorrow night system producing a chilly rain ice pellets towards morning at a friday cloudy light rain and a touch of sleep in the morning could be a snow flakes mixed in with high temperature 43 degrees in this day and age people internet looking at the computer model forecast cd freeze and allied south at 5,000 ft. but if you look at the entire pro

air alert for today. the order bans fireplaces and wood stove use for 24 hours. officials predict air quality in the bay area will be unhealthy because of weather conditions that will trap smoke in the air close to the ground. yesterday they told us not to burn because the smoke would be trapped close to the ground. >> right they didn't issue an official alert yesterday i suspect conditions are similar. this morning not too different, hopefully, a little less cold. >> haze in the air yesterday was building up the pollution that lead to them to declare the spare the air 2:00 yesterday. they will probably declare another at 2:00 today for tomorrow and possibly another for friday. it is chilly this morning, good morning. we have a few high clouds to our north, in the sky during the afternoon and evening and game the sun a little during the day didn't make it in time to keep temperatures up everywhere we are about the same if not slightly cooler in some areas the frost not as widespread with mid to upper 30s

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there is cool air and warmer air settling on top to trap this air at the surface. and there has been a build up of smoke in the atmosphere, which of course has diminished air quality that. there hasn't been mix in the atmosphere and clouds coming in possibly light precipitation over the next 48 hours so there is better outlook for better air quality. vile a look in just a moment. >> and in five days san jose police department will stop responding to unverified burglar alarms, several police agencies across the nation respond only if the alarm is verified by security companies. those companies say the policy could result in people responding to alarms on their own. police insist the policy allows officers to concentrate on critical issue autos so they do serve a purpose. we want the pub tloik understand that 98.4% of the alarms that go off in the city are false alarms. >> and police say that officers would still respond to certain alarms such as those in banks, firearms dealers and credit agencies and estimates police spend $650,000 a year responding to false alarm

very, very dry air. and this same weather pattern will be with us tomorrow. plenty of dry air. plenty of sunshine. looks like a really nice weekend to get out and do whatever you're going to do. maybe you do some decorations, perhaps, around the house. mary? >> still trying to rake those leaves, too. bob. thank you. >>> here's kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. >> hi, mary. hi, everyone. well, friday afternoon traffic, never much fun out there. northbound 95, you will be seeing delays to route 100. at least 20 minutes on the west side of the inner loop. traffic moving at about 40 miles an hour. traveling on the outer loop in that direction, slow from the bw parkway to liberty road there. and the top side of the inner loop, stop and go from york road to dulaney valley. southbound 95, we have an accident at the beltway. that one is on the northeast corner on the rosedale side. and an accident in columbia, old annapolis road at phelps drive. also eastbound 32 at route 70. looking at drive times. 83 to 95. 37 miles an hour average. and 17 minutes to get through. let's now take

it's that stagnant air that has prompted that air quality alert. so we're watching for that again tomorrow. i think by friday we'll have much better air quality with a little bit more fog in the forecast. we stop the clock for you at 6:00 a.m. we've had virtually no fog all week long. it's not going to last very long, but long enough to keep your temperatures a lit bit more mild where we had the 20s in some of the coolest spots up in the north bay. all right, 7 day outlook, this is what everybody wants to know. what can we expect for the weekend? looking really good. if you want to get out there on friday and saturday, you'll be able to do so. and mild temperatures. saturday looks like the warmer day of the two weekend days. 62 degrees in san francisco. and then monday and tuesday, the big question mark arrives. will we get any rain here in the bay area? i'm very, very doubtful about the greater bay area receiving any precipitation. but i think the north bay might see some light showers. we have this little cut off low. this is quite a few days out

somebody fired a gun in the air when the the crowd was in line ready to buy these air jordan us. and that gunshot put the breaks on the -- put the brakes on the fund. that person has been arrested by police. police have the gun that was used. police have stopped all shoe sales at the mall and we're hearing that they only have kid sizes left. we did talk to a woman who bought a pair of shoes -- actually, she bought a pair for her and a pair for her nephew. she was escorted out of the mall and didn't want to give us her name because she was concerned for her safety. near person has been here, and this is not the only place around the bay area and the country of people having trouble trying to get their hands on she is shoes. there are people waiting in line for the air jordan shoes there. apparently some of those people have been breaking windows at the mall. the solano county has called for mutual aid. you can see a parking lot filled with police and sheriff vehicles. mutual aid at the -- at the fairfield/solano county mall. these are people trying to buy air jordans. and in san b

spare the air day.ey say air quality could become unhealthy so they are asking us to avoid using fireplaces or wood stoves today and tomorrow, please. we've already had eight spare the air days since the beginning of november cause by -- caused by the dry weather pattern. >>> folks may be interested in a more in-depth explanation. >> let's go to mike for that. >> good morning everybody. i was just waiting. eight spare the air days only three verified, good news there we have breezy conditions bringing in dry tear that going to make you want to use that -- dry air that is going to make you want to use -- look at what the wind has done to temperatures, 20 to 25 degrees warmer in the north bay valleys. 12° warmer in hayward and san jose, 13 in half moon bay. areas that sheltered now oakland, redwood city and loss goes are 1 to 5° cooler southeast wind three miles per hour that's all you need to jump 13° from last hour to this hour, fairfield 38, napa 33, santa rosa 24. temperatures in the 30s and 40s by 8:

air quality officials say hold on, the lack of a breeze is make the air stagnant, that can trap wood the ground that is unhealthy for anyone but can be a serious health hazard for anyone with respiratory problems. officials want us to refrain from burning wood today. >> it is not spare the air day but that's what they are trying to prevent a spare the air day by refraining from burning wood yet it is cold out there >> here's the winner of the -- who is the winner of the lowest temperature this morning? . >> petaluma, 26. -- northerly wind from canada bringing us the dry air and now high pressure firmly entrenched in our neighborhoods calm conditions that's why the cold air, heavier air has sunk to valleys and made it frosty without the wind it is 20° cooler this morning in fairfield napa 18 novato 25° cooler in santa rosa, double digits concord 16 livermore 17, 14 hayward. 4 to 9 around the bay shore into san francisco, one degree warmer half moon bay three los gatos that is up about 1800 feet where the warm air goes. wind seven miles per hour napa most of us calm to three miles per

that air quality has really made for unhealthy air quality levels. so today we're asking you to spare the air. it's not an official spare the air day, however. eight degrees warmer in hayward. five degrees warmer in san francisco. i think temperatures are going to be rather mild. only a couple of outlying cities. temperatures are going to stay on the mild side today because we're not going to see as much fog. by 10:00 a.m. most of the fog stays over the central valley. we're also going to hit 60s in los gatos, san jose and gillry. wednesday an area of low pressure will arrive to the north. however, we won't see much in the way of showers. probably north of marin county. sonoma you'll get a little bit. but not much in the south bay. kind of a dry system. we have another one on the way as we head into your friday. that will bring mostly cloudy conditions to the bay. maybe to the north bay. that's not very promising. happy new year. 61 degrees inland on new year's day. back to you guys. >> after a month of strong winds and extreme weather, everything is

air quality officials say the cold air is trapping particulate matter in the air quality management district says inspectors will be out this weekend looking for smoke coming from your chimney. >> 40% of the wintertime particulate matter in the bay area comes directly from wood smoke. so it's a very problematic pollutant for us, and really the only way to reduce it is to not burn wood in our fireplaces. >> air quality officials say the wood burning ban could be extended through tomorrow. and another burn ban is in place for parts of the bay area. this time from cal-fire. the fire agency is prohibiting open fires until further notice and unincorporated alameda, contra costa and santa clara counties. cal-fire says it is imposing the ban because of the dry weather so far this winter season. the ban is angering some naturallers who say they need to dispose of diseased wood quickly, a special permit required for agricultural fires. >>> good morning to you. a dry and cold out there this morning. mostly clear skies, a bit of a haze, talked about that spare the air day, going to be in effect all day

a 12 to 15-degree warm up as that mildler air moves over the statet. will be behind this weak disturbance that's passed over the great lakes down into pennsylvania and one or two of them reaching in to maryland. you can see it's more widespread, pennsylvania north up into new york and actually into canada, and mild air will continue to slowly creep northward over night. it'll just keep us from falling in to the 20s like we did last night and tomorrow we will look at temperatures more like these. you can see just south and west of us 50s and 40s. even now and so we are right on the edge here, baltimore kind of representing the southern edge of that chilly air right now. in terms of timing again a brief snow shower, maybe tonight not much, dry tomorrow through the day. we have one more little boundary sneaking through tomorrow night that could potentially trigger a few rain showers, tomorrow night we will be mildler and above freezing. maybe a few rain showers over overnight into early saturday. good news for everybody headed out. 32 partly cloudy, few f

the air is very dry.ee the temperatures drop, the color coding, the darker blue, the purple to the west. with this dry air and winds expected to diminish, a lot of the temperatures will get close to 20 degrees for the overnight lows. around the bay coming even colder. here are the skies. here is the cloud cover associated with the front that went through early this morning. you're the clause related to the lake effect snow up in new york state. high pressure over tennessee and kentucky right now. that will be moving east over a couple of days. that is cold, dry air. no big apparent forms in development right now. rain in texas. there will be a storm developing out here in the plains states by the middle of the week. it will move eastward. it may take five days to get here. we do have rain in the longer- term forecast. the median forecast is so the cold air -- uc how there are the darker blues and purples readings. that is settling in now. we have a few days where it will be cold. 19 to 25 the overnight lo

as far as what is happening, the spare the air, poorest air quality in the north bay valley all of usder the spare the air that means no woodburning unless you want to pay a healthy fine. most of us in the upper 40s to low 50s, mid 50s half moon bay and los gatos. monterey bay 49 santa cruz everybody else as you head inland low to mid 50s. for the afternoon hours spare the air will continue until midnight i'm guessing with the pattern not changing much we will be under another spare l

and there is some air quality declining and the spare the air alert again for tomorrow we expect poor air quality on the coast and central bay, north bay and east bay moderate air quality insanitia clara valley and south bay. and tonight lows dropping to 31 in fairfield. 32 santa rosa. and then, mid-30s in most other locations. around 40 at san mateo and half moon bay. so there is tomorrow afternoon, mainly sunny skies and there is a bit of haze remaining. south bay temperatures above 60 degrees. there is upper 50s to around 60 in redwood city and mountain view. mid-50s or mid to upper 50s in pacifica. there is downtown san francisco, a high of 57 tomorrow. 56 in the sunset district. there is mainly upper 50s but around 60s in yu kaia. and there is mainly upper 50s and farther inland you go cooler it will be. there is 55 in brentwood. here is the accu-weather forecast. there is haze with us through friday. air quality then should improve over the weekend. still steady pattern. mainly sunny skies, dry conditions throughout next wednesday. middle of the week. so pattern isn't changing m