the nonprofit san francisco baykeeper tells us these are the consequences of an algae bloom that hasacross the entire bay area. the first reports of red tea colored water tied to algae came in july and since last week, baykeeper has been receiving reports of dead fish, which they suspect are being killed by the algae and that number is growing. but the big question is, why is it happening? the team at baykeeper believes treated waste water that's dumped into the bay has nutrients that help the algae grow. >> that's why it's really urgent that we get this nutrient enrichment from waste water treatment plants under control as quickly as possible. >> reporter: the scientist goes on to say he believes the blooms will fade as the year goes on, but for the time being, he is advising people and pets to avoid prolonged contact with the water. we'll continue to follow this story for our midday and have further details then. marcus and laura? >> very concerning. thanks for the latest, ginger. >>> happening for you today, a man recently arrested in a 40-year south bay cold case set to make his

baykeeper senior scientist jon rosenfield says. warm water sunlight, lack of rain and nutrients from wastewater dumped into the bay are contributing factors to the big bloom that treated sewage has high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus compounds in it. and that's fertilizer for these algae effects have been dire right now. we have no birds here. this this is very unusual , very unusual. thomas charon has been living on the estuary for nearly three decades. i've never seen that kind of tied in the bay, and i've never seen this kind of tied before either causing a fish kill. that's a stunning sight in stinky smell a specially at lake merritt, the city scooping and bagging thousands of dead fish that have washed up contractors to get out there today and clean it up as fast as possible of oxygen due to the algae is thought to have caused this excess wastewater, making it worse. the only way that we can get control of this problem is to reduce the amount of nutrients that were, uh pouring into the bay and baykeeper has been advocating

the group sf baykeeper says. it's monitoring the situation, along with public health agencies. eat. fish from the bay until the algae bloom dissipates. well we have been talking about some inland heat over the past few days. it hasn't been a widespread heat event. of course, the fog has been kind of popular little visitor out toward the coast and right around portions of the bay and still keeping our temperatures and check somewhat as we head into the weekend, but still hot stretch inland. remember on tuesday, we had temperatures approaching 108 degrees tuesday. clearly the hottest day of the week is still hot, though, and tomorrow the hottest locations could be approaching 100 degrees. so, yeah, they're talking about triple digit heat for tomorrow. it's the heat advisory all the areas in red. this does include solano county until nine p.m. on saturday. temperature has leased for the value locations could be topping 105, maybe approaching 108 degrees, the hottest locations that just to the east of the region satellite of the past few frames, you can see the low clouds already r

baykeeper says they're monitoring the situation. along with public health agencies.t with that water or to eat fish from the bay until that algae dissipates, much more attractive site illuminating finland. green lights from the aurora boreal is dancing through the night sky yesterday, noah's space weather prediction center had issued a strong geomagnetic storm watch from wednesday through today. well, meteorologists, roberto gonzales joins us now in roberta. that is a gorgeous sight and i have to say on my bucket list to see that in person, hopefully once got a little bit of a glimpse of it. it wasn't as powerful as that. but i was in whitehorse in the yukon territory. this was a couple of decades ago. but i gotta tell you, it is mind blowing it just blows your mind. it's hard to wrap your head around. it really is. can you just imagine that and of course , you have to have whether permitting conditions as well. you don't want that blanket of cloud cover. we'll see a little bit of that coming in later on tonight as well. but one thing i do want to take note of is the

baykeeper says a potentially harmful algae bloom in san francisco bay is spreading through bay area water race swirls of dark brown, maroon and blue green algae have been spotted in bay waters. the bloom is spread from alameda, where it was first reported last month to the oakland issue. eri richmond and the south bay. the algae can kill fish and other marine life, especially if bloom becomes too concentrated in one area. some cities such as oakland and alameda, have advised the public to avoid the bay at waterfront parks. federal officials are setting aside $310 million in funding to help fight the ongoing drought. us interior secretary deb haaland toward the reservoir improvement project in irvine yesterday before announcing the department's plan to allocate the funds to combat the drought. according to the l a times the money will go towards 25 projects, mostly here in california. the money comes from last year's bipartisan infrastructure bill. are still ahead. coming up short on the football field a shortage of referees in parts of california are leading high schools to make changes t

baykeeper says it's monitoring the situation along the public health agencies. they're advising people not to come in contact with the water or to eat fish from the bay until that algae bloom eventually dissipates time. now is seven. oh, seven year of outdoor weekend plans. let's talk about that, because you might want to find ways to keep cool depending on where you're headed. yeah especially inland you are wanting to avoid that afternoon heat. some folks are being upper nineties once again today. even a little bit hotter than yesterday. for some outsider doors at this time, we do have mostly clear skies and live live from ktvu towards san francisco. just a little bit of fog along the coastline, little bit of haze out there as well. quality is good, too moderate for today, and i just checked. it looks like we're good to moderate right now. here's a look at storm tracker two and a view of some of that fog out there right along the coastline. nobody else with blue skies, and with that temperatures running a little bit cooler in some areas this morning without the

the nonprofit san francisco baykeeper tells us these are the consequences of an algae bloom.r progresses but you are advised to avoid prolonged contact with the water. >>> let's get a look at the forecast for today, kari is keeping track of it for us. >> we're starting out with a hazy sky, watching our air quality as well. wildfire smoke coming in will make some of the worst air quality in parts of the north bay, but anywhere across the bay area, if you're smelling smoke, you want to limit your time out there. as far as temperatures, it actually feels nice and cool. it's going to be a comfortable afternoon, but martinez reaching 83 degrees and low 80s for san jose. we will be heating up as we head closer to the end of the week. laura? >> thank you and thank you for joining us as we for decades, i've worked at the intersection of domestic violence and homelessness. so when prop 27 promised solutions to homelessness, i took a good, hard look. it's not a solution. 90% of the money goes to the out-of-state corporations who wrote it. very little is left for the homeless. don't let