flames shooting into the air in fairfield on monday. one of many fires to burn across the area. >> i thought the house was going to burn down. >> reporter: so did many others, as strong winds fueled these flames. >> got very close. you can see the flames were literally in their backyard. >> as i am talking to them, i see the flames come over the top of the hill. >> reporter: chris engle turning on the sprinklers and life. in fairfield, 30 homes were evacuated and it was just one of many spots where fire put people and their homes in in rodeo, an frightening situation. >> the wind is going that way from left to right direction. >> reporter: flames tore through 230 acres of land near the interstate and forced many out of their homes. >> just in time to get the kids out. >> reporter: no homes were damaged there or in banesha, where four acres bur it was not only the ground attack but air attacks that subdued the threat of fires. something that helped save homes in fairfield, as well. witnesses everywhere telling the same story. >> i would

also, fairfield. i'll have a full update on that and a look at how warm we'll be for tomorrow coming up in about eight minutes. >>> want to get back to our breaking news. fire crews in several parts of the bay area are once again on the front lines. you can see one of the cal fire helicopters there from our helicopter here, which is above solano county. this is a neighborhood in cordelia, right on the fairfield border. this is near the 680/80 interchange. homes are threatened. let's bring in cheryl hurd who just arrived on the scene for us. cheryl, where exactly are you and what's the latest there? >> reporter: well, i've been -- it's been a really busy afternoon. i just left a county where they're fighting fire here and i just arrived here. i'm technically in fairfield. as you can see, the cal fire are making water drops here, going over to the marsh, picking up water and bringing it here to the fire line. it looks like they've got a handle on the fire line. just to recap, this fire started just afte

flames shooting into the air in fairfield on monday.ne of many fires to burn across the area. >> i thought the house was going to burn down. >> reporter: so did many others, as strong winds fueled these flames. >> got very close. you can see the flames were literally in their backyard. >> as i am talking to them, i see the flames come over the top of the hill. >> reporter: chris engle turning on the sprinklers andfairfield, evacuated and it was just one of many spots where fire put people and their homes in jeopardy. near i-08 in rodeo, another frightening situation. >> the wind is going that way from left to right direction. >> reporter: flames tore through 230 acres of land near the interstate and forced many out of their homes. >> just in time to get the kids out. >> reporter: no homes were damaged there or in banesha, where four acres burned. it was not only the ground attack but air attacks that subdued the threat of fires. something that helped save homes in fairfield, as well. witnesses everywhere telling the same story. >> i wou

and you can so i it's 10 degrees cooler in fairfield.akes a big difference when it cools off at night for firefighters. they'll tell you that every time. humidities come up, temperatures cool off. if you can get that wind to get down to 10 to 15 miles per hour, which it will, firefighters will have a better chance at getting a handle on these fires. 89 in a fairfield tomorrow. 84 in napa. livermore at 84. pleasanton at 84. temperatures sort of hover for you back here at 6:00. >> all right, we're see you then, bill. thank you. >>> coming up tonight on the news at 6:00, new details from the treasury department on which companies received federal aid, including how much governor newsom's winery receive. >>> also, a deadly police shooting over the weekend sparks protests in phoenix. what we're learning led up to the deadly encounter. explore floor and decor your way, and comfortably shop over a million square feet of in- stock flooring! our expansive store is fully equipped with safe distancing guides, so you can browse our wide aisles and b

the first in fairfield got a little too close for comfort for several families. no injuries reported. the other place was in contra costa county and it burned around 230 acres near refinery. both are now contained. >>> they're looking for a shooter in walnut creek. officials say someone opened fire and the driver was stopped last night. victim was taken to the hospital and is now stable. they believe the shootiincesier have arrested a man suspected of killing a bay area doctor. they say gunmen attacked 45- year-old doctor allie grossman while he was off-roading with his son near downieville picked the teenager escaped and called 911. >>> ice has new guidelines for international students. those in the u.s. must take at least some of their classes in person or have to go back to their home country. but they may take a full load of classes online from their home country. >>> a look at the state capitol, a columbus statue is being removed. worker started early this morning and we are being told it could take hours. >>> there is confusion among restaurant owners in sa

look at our reporting stations up near the fire around fairfield and cordelia.this morning. that's pretty good news considering the amount of smoke they were pumping out yesterday. i think it will stay in the green to moderate for the rest of today. kumasi. >> thank you, mike. >>> coming up next at 5:00, police in one bay area city made nearly three dozen arrests over the weekend and all for the same thing. >>> also confusion over restrictions and reopening plans. we know it's a lot. the back and forth between santa clara county and the state. >>> leaders and lawmakers not immune. we're hearing from atlanta's mayor for the first t >>> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc7 news. >>> now at 5:00, a new worry for college students trying to adapt to this pandemic. some may have to leave the country if they don't have any in-person classes this fall. one option for international students who want to stay. >>> fast-moving fires burning two of the big ones keeping crews busy this earlyern moi mo. >> good morning, everybody. it's tuesday

about 30 homes were evacuated as this fire threatened nelson hill in fairfield. we have video of the fire, which burned near the pittman road exit on interstate 80. the fire started late in the afternoon right when the winds were really an issue and firefighters say the fire changed directions on them going up the hill at one point after racing down it. residents say it was growing fast. they watched it double, triple in size in seconds. they say this one was a close call. >> it got up to like a sewer drain that was in our blowing other direction. our house could very fire.it was very close. >> d lduiing hehill. that was isre and ty get it under control around 7:30 last night and were able to lift those evacuations. reporting live in fairfield, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> scary moments there, thank you, amy. >>> the largest fire in the state is burning right now in the south bay. the 5,400 acre fire, crews fire is north of gilroy and destroyed one structure and damaged another, this is according to cal fire. also forced 70 people to evacuate. the fire started s

there is fairfield, i have seen that cordelia out to fairfield all the way out to sin city. 50s, 60s on your temps there, temperatures probably won't go very far because almost everyplace is cloudy. we even had some high clouds come in from the west, southwest yesterday. might've felt some humidity kick in. they have since pushed out, but a couple of flows here, another one dropping down from the north, they will join together. morning fog, mild, breezy, it is a cool pattern for some. sunny, breezy, maybe wendy.ty q going into the weekend, pam and >> all right, thank you, steve. >>> still ahead, more changes for the nfl work what you want to see before the first regular- season game. >>> and the action taken by president trump that can affect congressional districts across the country. -i hear someone go, "didn't it come from you guys?" -strangers cough at me. -move away from me. -someone spit towards my direction. -all the stereotypes that we've worked so hard to break are just going to be reversed. and i won't let that happen. -we all have to play our part. -i donate my plasma. -i'

for fairfield that's unbelievable. i almost went 79 because there's a good breeze here in the oakland berkley hills. mount diablo west at 17. fairfield, 32 and 40. gusts of 46 miles per hour. that's even more than extra hole on the hair spray. extra, extra. 50s and 60s on the temperatures here because of the low cloud deck making a huge surgement the lows are up but the end result is the highs will be down for many. kent wood is cooler, 51 degrees but a lot around 53. mid 50s winds are at 56 and 57. thunderstorm activity over the sierra continues to fire up. good activity mainly in the central sierra south of tahoe but a low is forming and it retro graded and coming back going to open up a door to a lower pressure starting tuesday night and wednesday. that's really going to usher in a cooler pattern for us. 50s and 60s, low 80s mainly on these temperatures. could get a bump up tuesday and looks like we're back down thus and friday. then noise going even into the weekend you guys. >> all right, steve thank you. time is

we have gusts over the fairfield area, up to 23 miles per hour. we had gusts near 40 miles per hour in san francisco just a few minutes ago. around the region, quite windy, and we are definitely at risk for fire spreading under conditions like this. we'll have an update a little later. ama? >> all right, spencer, thank you so much. feti.take another qckoot again, this is in fairfield, started about 90 minutes ago. it has forced evacuations in the nelson hill area. you can see the smoke still being put off from those flames. >>> the good news is we don't see visible flames in this shot. so hopefully firefighters are getting this situation under control. we'll keep you posted throughout this hour along news cast. let's talk about the other wildfire near rodeo, burned at least 230 acres and forced the closure of the coming skyway. that's the link between highway 4 in contro costa county. that came dangerously close to some homes. some people said they grabbed whatever they could and evacuated as quickly as possible. one man said the smoke started com

we're gusting near 30 in fairfield. 27 in san mateo.23 miles per hour in santa rosa. i cannot show you this map enough. that drought monitor does show that much of the bay area is under a severe drought, and this is not going to improve over the next couple of months. our vegetation is extremely parched. the winds are picking up, and that is why we're seeing numerous fires today. anything that can spark a fire in our vegetation could spread very quickly so, we have to be very vigilant, this is not going to improve until storm season comes back later on this winter. the temperature change, it is much cooler across the board compared to this time yesterday. so there is really no intense heat out there. we're not talking about much in the way of 90 degrees. it's 73 in san ramon. 62 in the city. 76 right now in san jose. so the reason why for the changes from this past weekend, it was warm over the holiday. cooler weather moved in today. there is this area of low pressure moving in from the pacific northwest. it is ushering in not only that

stone is live in fairfield with reaction. j.r., this is so discouraging for those businesses. >> reporter: it certainly is. here in solano county, these restaurants, dan, had been open for the last couple of weeks but that all changes today. in fact, it changes as i'm speaking right now. this restaurant right behind me, the chevy's actually had guests dining inside when we arrived, people just learning the news out here. as we go to the video you can see some of the signs. the signs have been seen for the past couple of weeks. letting people know indoor dining was open all across the county. the closings happen immediately according to the health department. doctors i've talked with say that indoor dining has been a major concern because we've seen the virus spread to other people in these locations. those doctors are saying the particles can go into the air and stay in that stagnant indoor air for sometime. those that we talked with here in fairfield have mixed opinions about that. >> i'd rather stay home till we don't have

fairfield was 105 earlier. still 99 degrees. san jose 85. check out san francisco, 68 degrees, so cooler. the marine air around just the immediate bay and the coast. inland, look at the humidity numbers. 10% in livermore. the late day breeze picks up. this is the reason why fire danger especially across the inland hills and valleys will be high this weekend. speaking of high, another round of 90s and 100-degree temperatures coming up for tomorrow. so a hot finish to the weekend inland across our valleys. we'll let you know how long this heat will be sticking around in your seven-day forecast coming up in about seven minutes from now. >>> well, give the lake a break. that's the message in oakland. a lot of people have been spending time there recently and city leaders trying to prevent overcrowding. lake merritt we're talking about. roads in the area are closed. parking restricted this weekend. they're trying to keep the size of the crowds down to a manageable level. >>> new at 6:00, an online meeting about homelessness was interrupted by som

we have gusts over the fairfield area, up to 23 miles per hour.miles per hour in san francisco just a few minutes ago. around the region, quite windy, and we are definitely at risk for fire spreading under conditions like this. we'll have an update a little later. ama? >> all right, spencer, thank you so much. feti.take another qckoot again, this is in fairfield, started about 90 minutes ago. it has forced evacuations in the nelson hill area. you can see the smoke still being put off from those flames. >>> the good news is we don't see visible flames in this shot. so hopefully firefighters are getting this situation under control.

winds in fairfield. other locations, calm to light conditions. so 8 miles per hour in napa and 7 in concord and livermore and just 7 miles per hour winds out of the west at sfo this morning. taking you through the day and what tomexpect. the cloud cover sticking around along the coast today with breezy conditions. with 10 to 20-mile-per-hour winds this afternoon once again. along the coast and then along the coast there and then for the bay mid- to upper 60s and low 70s and mild to breezy and our inland locations topping out mid 80s and some of the warmest spot in the upperway the sunshine inland. near average daytime highs for today. with that onshore flow. as we look ahead to the weekend, high pressure builds in and that means warmer temperatures on way satuand nday. you can see that clearing as we head through the day. the cloud cover retreating back to the coast this afternoon and thenlook to tomorrow, we'll see plenty of sunshine as we look to saturday in the afternoon. and that will be the case for

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd begins our coverage live in fairfield. cheryl? >> reporter: fires are still burning in the hills. that's why crews are still here tonight. this fire burned about 60 achre and the good news is the winds have died down just a bit. fire trucks posted in this fairfield neighborhood that borders the hill that caught fire today. flames getting dangerously close to a church and some 30 homes. >> we just organized all the neighbors with their hoses and everybody came out in our backyards and then just hosed down the backyard. >> reporter: you could see those neighbors with their hoses in hand from the air. almost all of them in place battling the fast-moving vegetation fire before crew as rieved. >> the fire thankfully was going upward because the wind was going that way. and all of a sudden it kind of turned this way and it just went up toward the hills there. so we were really, really fortunate. >> reporter: those same neighbors using buckets of water to make sure the hot spots were out this evening as the battle continued on the ground

you have to get out thereby fairfield to see it. fog along the coast., that is the seabreeze, all the way into sacramento. temperatures are trending below last night. temperatures do the microclimate range from the low 60s at the coast to the upper 80s. if you look really hard, eastern livermore valley, you might find a 90. it will be veryis tomorrow. for that matter, tuesday, wednesday and thursday. i like that. so often you look at the model and you see something out here. can see in the long-range. it is upsetting. right now, 10 days . the last thing say, i don't care what your party is, science is about listening to scientists. if they say wear a mask can't trust them. >> what you have to lose? nothing. just wear a mask. it is a pain in the butt. it is what we have to do.wildfi southeast of livermore is 100% contained. it started thursday at about 5:15 and burnt about 250 acres. it started a long tesla wrote in a remote area. no structures were threatened. the cost is under investigation. >>> there's a plan to save caltrain from

. >>> new this morning, police in fairfield have arrested a 24- year-old man after finding a loaded pistol in his car. the guns were stolen in hum bolt county. a pickup truck failed to stop at a stop sign and police pulled the driver over and 29- year-old andre grant told them he did not have a driver's license and how a loaded glock handgun. after searching the man's house, they found marijuana and a bunch of other guns. >>> almost 5:10, most schools turning into online learning in the fall but not all. after the break on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, the exception that may allow some schools to reopen in person. >>> okay. it is 5:10 on this monday morning. a live look with our san jose camera, it's 62 degrees and cloudy. tracking the on shore flow. what to expect coming up. >>> we've already got a lot of brake lights on the drive and heading into 580 on the altamonte pass. we'll check your travel times coming up. >>> take another look outside looking at the bay bridge. a close-up shot of the eastern >>> he's the type of person who would never give up, and we just keep hoping that

mid 80s in concord and fairfield. also for san jose. 73 in oakland and 66 for san francisco. 79 for santa rosa. we are going to warm it up as we look ahead to the weekend. temperatures above average little bit more sunshine and we're talking low 90s inland this weekend. stronger onshore flow for next week and temperatures drop down to near average for this time of year. all right friends, fry yay we made it. back to you.it dot fo continues r all day on cbsn >>"cbs this morning" is up next. have a great friday and a great weekend. [ captions by: vitac 800-278- 4822 email: marketing@vitac.com ] ♪ >>> good morning to you, our viewers in the west, and welcome to "cbs this morning." it is friday, july 17th, 2020. very happy about that. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. sky high numbers. u.s. smashes its previous record for daily covid cases. while the argument over face masks gets even more heated. we'll talk with atlanta's mayor who is being sued by the governor of georgia over her new mask mandate. >>

rob. >>> yeah, up to 105 degrees in fairfield. no thank you.hat's too warm. 80s and 90s may be okay, but once you're above 100 degrees, that's extremely hot. we're getting a nice blend of summer microclimates n. san francisco you're not really feeling the heat there. you've got the clear skies no, sign of fog, and a temperature of 68 degrees. you see why the ocean air conditioning is holding on closer to san francisco with the west winds close to 23-miles-per-hour. on the op sid end of the coin, dry. you get temperature in the 90s to 100 degree range and the afternoon sea breeze picks up caused by the inland day valley and hills for fire danger concerns. wind out of the west at 14 but not a cooling breeze for you. got temperatures near 100 in downtown san jose, 88 degrees. south of san jose, down into morgan hill, temperatures in the upper 90s. tomorrow air quality moderate for the inland east bay and not a spare the air day tomorrow but no signs of ocean air conditioning inland either. even though we've got the wind picking up off the ocean, w

fairfield had a high temperature close to 100. down to the low 80s in san jose and napa has managed to cool down into the upper 70s. so it is not hot everywhere, especially at the water, 59 degrees at half moon bay. i temperatures on friday will be a degree or two warmer are there inland, with temperatures a couple of degrees warmer in san jose and about the same for concord. around the water, temperatures still mild, slightly above average for this time of the year. the hottest day in the forecast looks like it will be sunday. >>> let's get you to palo alto where a new black lives matter mural is getting around the clock attention.>> reporter: this is the mural that artists painted on june 30 on hamilton avenue in palo alto. it is right outside city hall. one of the artists said he spoke to the mayor about putting a protective ceiling on it to preserve it and that it would possibly happen over the weekend. but when that didn't happen the artist decided, we will protect it ourselves, and that's why you see the orange cones. but on

through our day, concord is 89 and fairfield 89, 85 in san jose, 72 in oakland and 66 for san francisco. we will talk about the rest of the week with the on floor coming up. >>> as we look at the roadways, you are starting off with a busier than usual drive into the allatoona pass along 580. the good news is that it is clear that an accident the bad news is that damage is all this red on the sensors out of tracy westbound on two 580 and that 580 bypass is packed up. right now, the drive times are around 43 minutes to go from 205 to 680. ss in santa clara county just reopen their doors once again. we are live from san jose where folks lined up extra early to get to the gym. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, so the 24 hour fitness right here near 880, they open at 5:00. they were opening up at 4:30. there is definitely demand for people to get inside to get a workout. this facility, it is 77 square feet and can hold more people than now but they are at 25% capacity. that is one person for every 250 square feet or so. so the way it goes is you have to check in with your app and then

fairfield 80. it's hard to believe, but that's what the projections show. and i don't see it getting that much warmer for a while. maybe a little bump up tuesday before the low comes in but that will usher in a cool pattern this time of year taking us into what looks to be a mild weekend. >> all right. time is now 5:11. getting creative with learning. at an age of social distancing. >>> up next, the new initiative from college students providing free online lessons to anyone who wants it. >>> also, baseball back. tonight, here in the bay area, we will look ahead to tonight's bay bridge game between the giants. and oakland's a's. . >>> power through morning when you wake with up mornings on 2. >> and remember, you always have the power to know everywhere you go when you down low the ktvu fox 2 news app. you are thirsty and we know that you want a cold drink. but we also know that, when it comes to money, you want to...not spend any. that's why 7-eleven has 7 cups free with 7rewards. you get the big gulp you want. for the no money you want. big gulp drink. no

>>also the story behind the meeting between a fairfield police officer and a baby and what air bnb is doing now to >>air bnb is now banning some younger gas from booking local homes and effort to crack down on unauthorized parties. the company says guests under 25 with fewer than 3 positive reviews. they will not be allowed to book an entire home close to where they live, they'll still be able to do so elsewhere air bnb began cracking down on house parties last november. that's when 5 people or shot and killed during a party at a rented home in orinda. coins could be considered the new toilet paper and hand sanitizer there is a continued shortage because of the pandemic a 7.11 in new york for example trying to get around this by. >>putting up a sign telling people to use exact change or to use a credit card, other places including some starbucks and wendy's outlets. they're doing the same thing, people just aren't getting out and using changes much as they usually do federal authorities also put temporary limits on koin requests by banks and there are fewer workers at the 2 main meant

fairfield hit triple digits for the second day in a row. mid-90s santa rosa and even mid 80s in san jose. only about 4b0 above san jose but you are going to build on that as we head into the weekend. tomorrow's high temperatures will see the usual variation that we do across the bay area during the summertime. upper 60s and low to mid 70s along the bay. 80s well into the 90s further in and. fairfield you may fall when degree short of hitting 100b0 for the third day in a row. even hotter temperatures on sunday. we were close that mike will take a closer look at tomorrow's eye and we will have the complete weekend forecast in just a few minutes. >> paul, thank you. coming up at 11 more than 1400 san jose unified teachers have signed a letter saying they will not return to the classroom for the start of the school year. they cite the recent spike in coronavirus cases. in the letter the teachers said over the last two weeks as our leaders have talked with teachers about reopening when a theme occurs in every conversation, teachers do not feel s

it burned close to nelson hill in fairfield near the pittman road on interstate 80.irefighters evacuated about 30 homes on amber and sierra courts and scotch pine as the wind pushed the fire towards the neighborhood. one resident said in the few seconds it took him to tell dispatchers where the fire was burning, he saw it triple in size. residents jumped into action working to help each other get to safety. >> me and one of the community service officers were going door to door warning everyone telling them to get ready. many didn't know their backyards were on fire. it was a very fast paced getting everyone ready and neighbors getting everyone out and helping the kids get >> you could see the smoke from this fire for miles. firefighters say no one was hurt and no homes were burned. they did save the neighborhood. an outbuilding at the top of the hill that was not occupied was destroyed. the fire burned about 60 acres. firefighters got it under control by 7:30 last night and that's when they were able to allow people back into their homes. no word on the fire's cause

inland another hot day. 103 in fairfield, 101 in concord. 98 the high in san ramon. > >>>. the accuweather seven-day forecast. we will bounce around in that range over the next several days. typical for july. a.m. fog to afternoon sunshine through the upcoming weekend next week. >>> now abc7 sports with chris alvarez. >> one of the most entertaining golf tournaments of the year continues this weekend in tahoe. of course no fans on the course but they were on their boats in the lake. let's show you the pictures. those boats in a picture perfect setting in tahoe. steph curry in 11th place. dad del is tied for fourth. it is a two man race to the --. former buffalo bill kyle williams is now in second. former tennis player marty fish is your leader. 37 points on the day after a boeing on 1, he drained ten birds including five straight to end the round. he has 55 points heading into sunday's final round. >>> pga tour. third round. workday charity open. up and down indicate for mo morika morikawa. third place, 13 under. three back of leader, justin thomas who was 6 under on the da

now it is seven degrees cooler in fairfield than it was last night at this time. and all of that low, as it leaves, will be replaced by a high friday and saturday. it's the same thing, coming from a different direction. we have been getting these fluctuations with significant lowe's over the last couple of months. here's the forecast for tomorrow, that temperature print looks familiar. 84 on the high end and there is one at 87, 83 in fairfield. livermore 84, 79 and gilroy and then we have a five day forecast. as you go into the holiday weekend it looks like it will heat up on saturday. fire danger is something to be concerned about certainly. just please be careful with that and now that saturday will be the hottest day on the weekend. sunday will cool slightly, but still pretty warm. >> you can't be too careful with that fire danger. >>> officials in the sierra are preparing for a surge interest this weekend. signs along highway 50 are up reminding travelers campfires and fireworks are not allowed in el dorado county. at the inspection sleep station and echo summ

through the delta the 16 miles per hour but he should 23 so it's going to blow pretty well in a fairfield right now 15 is at carlos and 20 miles per hour. and to love more. we're going to see those winds decrease overnight tonight, the fall kind of creep into the bay throughout the night. then we just started with a gentle breeze early tomorrow morning by the afternoon. well, the temperatures a heat up in the central valley again we watch those winds ramp up around the bay area but just a more of a general sea breeze late the day nothing really strong 77 degrees right now and sunny and san jose to 78 in livermore 82 degrees and cocker 65 in berkeley 84 degrees in fairfield so these temperatures much cooler than what we had yesterday with numbers spiking up in loan triple digits in some of the interior valleys tonight, increasing low clouds and fog along the coast of a maybe even a little patchy drizzle along the coastline tomorrow morning fog early on becoming mostly sunny in the afternoon stronger sea breeze developing as we head throughout the week and that's going to cool down the temp

." >>> and it's a little breezy in spots, fairfield 26-mile-per- hour winds. 12 in concord and just 7-mile- per-hour at sfo and half-moon bay and san jose this morning. what you can expect as we head through our afternoon coming up. >>> we've got a couple of wind advisories in effect for two of the bay area bridges plus we'll take a look at your travel times in the altamont pass. >>> and let's take a live look outside before we head to break. we are looking from our treasure island camera out to the city of san francisco. remember, we are streaming right now on cbsn bay area. it is 5:10. we'll be right back. motorcycle riders love the open road. and geico loves helping riders get to where they're going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. and because we're committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. the geico giveback. helping riders focus on the road ahead. the geico giveback. that could mean an increase byin energy bills.. you can save by using a fan to

how the fires work, the one that is really active is the cruise fire, we are at 91% humidity in fairfield, so we are in a much better spot this morning than we were yesterday morning as we head down to the cruise fire as they are still dealing with that. 80% humidity in gilroy and the wind is not bad. 90% humidity at fraser lake road. temperatures this morning similar to yesterday, we are about 53 degrees in san jose, 49 morgan hill. as we had to the east bay, 55 in san leandro's, it's a comfortable morning out there for sure. 52 in san francisco on the north bay this morning, it's a little chilly, 49 degrees for you and 58 for mill valley. so our marine layer, we were hoping it would move in and it is struggling to get organized right now so it is not really in full effect. i think that the most we are just going to see some patchy low clouds in the east bay, but we do have a onshore flow that is trying to bring it and if it is able to get its act together. this afternoon we see temperatures again similar to yesterday, santa rosa made it to the mid-90s yesterday, expecting upper 80s toda

>>now at 8 from the nation to read and fairfield fires breaking out around the bay area fueled by dry and windy conditions a stark reminder it is fire season in california 2000 acres and not yet fully contained the bay area sees its first major wildfire in the south bay. what is helping firefighters control that fire. >>it was interesting seeing rising crime. you know i think this family deserves better i think our city deserves better and definitely his challenges are there. >>an urgent plea from police after a 6 year-old boy is killed on july 4th what we know about the investigation tonight good evening. i'm ken wayne and i'm pam moore, thank you for joining us for kron 4 news today. we have a team of reporters following these fires across the bay area we begin in the east bay where a fire burned close to homes in rodeo and that's where we have kron 4 status aqi joining us live with the very latest on that fire taylor. >>welcome though wind is still picking up a little bit here today, the wind played a huge role and how this fire behaved and where it moved today earlier it started o

than that san francisco and fairfield wind speeds are still breezy after having picked up last night while areas like livermore hayward half moon bay and san jose have seen increasingly calm conditions that something that areas like san francisco in fairfield are going to tap into later on with increasingly calm winds by the time we work towards the latter part of your morning. today's daytime highs well warmer than yesterday as i mentioned for inland spots well into the 90's a couple areas getting close to the triple digit mark while beside areas in the upper 70's to low 80's and coastal areas in the upper 60's to low 70's. i've got more on your forecast still to come james. thank you john for 2 is the time and breaking news overnight with to contra costa county sheriff's deputies. >>shock following an hours long standoff in the east bay. the shooter in the end was fatally shot by deputies when they returned fire. so we have video from the scene last night this was on the 1700 block of green acres lane in nights and that's near brentwood. the standoff began just before 10 o'clock ye

the last time i showed you this there wasn't a green coming up into fairfield and concord. it's definitely cooling inland. checkout concord, 15 degrees warmer tonight than last night. the model does this with the fog in the morning. there it is and there it goes. it just gets chewed up. the marine layer is not that robust. this time of year you don't expect that to happen because the fog is so entrenched with the upwelling and things we typically have in july. but that's not necessarily the case. the cold water helps the fog maintain itself. 89 in napa tomorrow, 98 in brentwood, 97 in fairfield and then these forecast ties in morgan and gilroy look a lot like today. let's today? tomorrow, friday, saturday and sunday look a lot like this as well. that five-day forecast shows you that as well. especially as we get into saturday and sunday, which would be some of the warmer days. it's all the same deal. this is classic july weather and there are no surprises here, except not a surprise, but just be aware of fire in the inland spots running hot. >> you sure can't be careful eno

suffering minor injuries and the north bay fire crews and fairfield are battling a vegetation fire on nelson hill that's behind. >>mountain meadows drive evacuations have been lifted in that area. >>you find very latest information on all these wildfires burning in the bay area go to kron 4 dot com. president trump delivered a pair of speeches, this 4th of july weekend revealing a potential strategy, he and his campaign might take with less than 4 months to go until the general election nadia romero was at the white house with the latest. >>on america's birthday. the president celebrating the country happy 4th of july to everyone but also calling out his political rivals, we are now in the process of defeating the radical left. >>the marks is the anarchists the agitators the looters. and people who in many instances have absolutely no clue. what they are doing. >>and as the president condemned the destruction of monuments, including some honoring confederate figures democrats were quick to call him out he spent more time. >>worried about honoring dead confederates then he did talking

daytime highs for today we're look at 86 in concord and fairfield and 83 in san jose and 67 for a high in san francisco. here's the extended forecast, very similar for tomorrow but we are going to warm things up looking ahead to e end r saturd backto you. >>ill wo is hping bay s healthy well many people have such a misunderstanding as to how a reverse mortgage works. people think that the bank takes your home, but that is not true. that's absolutely 100% wrong. the home is ours. we can sell it if we want to at any time. i like the flexibility of not having a payment, but i can make the payment if i want to. you're responsible for keeping up your property taxes and you're responsible for paying your insurance on the property. for us, it was a security blanket. the value of our house, was to fund our long-term health care. for years, reverse mortgage funding has been helping customers like these use the equity from their homes to finance their live they know the importance of having financial security. make an appointment so they can tell you how it works. it's a good thing. access your

about 30 homes were evacuated as this fire threatened nelson hill in fairfield.the pittman road exit on interstate 80. it started late in the afternoon when the winds were really an issue and firefighters say the fire changed directions because of all the wind going up the hill at one point. residents say it was growing fast. they watched it double in size in seconds. firefighters say no one was hurt and the fire did not reach any homes. >> we were very fortunate. this has definitely been an incident we had in the past and definitely an area because of how the hillside is and the proximity to the freeway and that tends to be an often an issue for us, especially with this hillside. >> the fire did destroy an outbuilding at the top of the hill. it did burn about 60 acres. no word yet on the cause. reporting live in fairfield, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> the largest fire in the state is burning in the south bay. the 5,400 cruz fire north of gilroy destroyed a structure so far and another. fceo evacuate.ing to cal fire. it started sunday just east of highway 1 o1.

in spots this morning looking at 23 miles per hour winds sustained at sfo out of the west, 20 in fairfield, 13 miles per hour winds in concord and this afternoon looking at 87 in concord for a high, 80 in san jose and mid 60s for san francisco and low 60s in pacifica and westerly winds 10 to 20 with the strongest winds this afternoon along the coast, 20 to 30 miles per hour winds along the coast. we'll talk about the rest of the week coming up in a few minutes. len. >>> fire fighters are trying to stop a fire that's raging east of gilroy and burning for more than 15 hours now and has grown to 1500-acres. this morning, it's only 15% contained. kpix5 kiet do joining us live from the fire lines with the very latest. kiet. >> reporter: yeah, i'm on crews road east of gilroy and the sun coming up giving us a better look of the burn area roughly where the fire started and parts of it burned, parts of it not. you can see some of the red retardant that the planes dropped and they use these roads oftentimes as natural fire breaks and you may see smoldering as well. this cold air is trapping a lot o

it is 80 mile an hour out of the west out of sfo and 15 in concord and 18 in fairfield.he coast we are breezy in the mid 60s around the bay in mid to upper 60s and low to mid 70s later, mild and breezy and the sunshine is warming up into the 80s. this low pressure system to the north is ushering in the onshore breeze. it is the new normal daytime high and as we look into tomorrow, high pressure build in and we will continue to warm up ahead to the rest of the week, especially into the weekend. we will see some the hottest temperatures inland. as we go hour by hour, you can see that sunshine. tomorrow, we have some low cloud areas and fog possible and then we are catching sunshine as well for wednesday. on the future cast, winds will be westerly at 10 to 20 miles an hour as we go through our afternoon, and then here's what you can expect to the south bay, with low 80s around san jose and 80 degrees for cupertino and for the east ba88 concord an idiot for fairfield and brentwood and the tri- valley. around the bay, looking at 67 in san francisco, oakland has a high of 73 d

checking the winds, 10 miles an hour in san francisco, 60 mile an hour winds in fairfield. we are taking you through your day in san francisco and we are going to see mostly sunny skies and breezy conditions with westerly winds at 10 to 20 miles an hour. we will top out at 60 degrees in san francisco. for the east bay, oakland we'll see eyes at 75 degrees with mostly sunny skies and it will be a little breezy this afternoon. san jose is topping out at 87 at 3:00 with mostly sunny skies and in concord, you were going to heat up significantly. we're talking 96 degrees with that sunshine at 3 pm. here is some satellite and radar and there is a strong ridge of high pressure across the desert southwest that is bringing excessive heat. it is expanding and building in and that is why for us we are looking at temperatures above average. hour by hour, you can see the sunshine through our afternoon and for tomorrow, we have a similar things but on sunday, we are going to heat up even more, so sunday is the hottest day of the week. in the meantime, we are 87 in san jose and then 94 fo

. >> the fire here in fairfield started around 4:30 this still di. people know how it started. these fires are scary. >> nearly 30 homes were evacuated as the fire raced up the hill. >> i was just on the phone with 911, trying to tell them what happened. the size had doubled in 30 seconds. >> with help from fire crews, they stopped the fire at the edge of the fence, keeping the flames away from the homes. >> i am thankful. i am a deep prayer person. i said thank you, god. >> she's thankful all of her sons were home at the time of flndot buckets of water to put out any hotspots. they got help from the air as an air tanker and helicopter slow down the fire being fueled by the wind. and the wind also wreaked havoc in rodeo. two of the fires merged into one. it stated a distance away from the neighborhood but damaged the property. >> there's always a chance that the wind will shift and drive the fire toward structures. >> the causes of both fires are still under investigation. the fire chief in fairfield tells me there is nothing suspicious about the one here today. >>> now we go t

that's a gust of 30 miles an hour in fairfield right now.ts with sfo, gusting to 38 in san jose, a northerly wind, 15, gusting to 20 miles an hour. here is our live camera looking out towards san francisco this afternoon. clear skies up above. fog-free conditions and that warm pattern is here to stay, basically for today and then it backs off a little bit, and you'll see those number goes up in the five-day forecast. as far as overnight lows, starting out tomorrow morning in the 50s to right around 60 degrees. areas of fog. you can see the forecast model showing you the cloud coverage out there. and then into the afternoon hours. partly sunny skies. mostly sunny skies inland, and temperatures from the 670s all the way to the mid-to-upper 80s. here is a look at your forecast he's tuesday afternoon. san francisco 66. concord, 88 degrees. san jose 81, and san mateo 74 degrees. here is a look ahead, a your five day. you'll notice a little bit of warming. these are just minor tweaks, the numbers for wednesday, thursday, and friday, but the one co

let's take a look at the winds, they are up to 30 miles per hour in fairfield. livermore at 5 miles per hour. altamont pass, about 25 miles per hour. so the gusty onshore breezes are out there. and a little soupier air mass this morning. i wouldn't be su run into some mist with our temperatures in the mid to upper 50ss touhe 00ncreasing sunshin away from the coast by noon, 71 around the bay, 81 inland. and then 76 to 88 this afternoon. back to around 70 to 80 at 7:00 during the evening hours. have a good day. we'll talk more about the weekend warming trend coming up. >>> new overnight, another controversial statue removed from the bay area. this time a 30 foot tall sculpture in marin county. abc 7 was there when it was removed by crews. it was ultimate up neput up in protesters wanted it removed because of the explorer's connection to slave trading. more than 5,000 people have signed a petition to rename sir francis drake boulevard. >>> a testing program will get under way in san francisco today and targeting a very specific group of people. health is a big part

significantly cooler. 36 mile-per-hour dusting at fairfield. the wind is howling. let's see what sfo is doing. 21 sustained. that little box is the gust. they are showing direction with the arrow. the wind sustained at 21. what direction is that? >> i know you know that. it is weird how many people do not. we will get into that. their is the fog on the coast. bunches of it. thunderstorms in the mountains. let me pull back. see it around bear valley? that was today. there will be more. some moisture is typical this time of year. afternoon and evening, evening fog. they will be late today. 9 degrees cooler in fairfield. the microclimates to something like this. a lot like today. the big cooldown would be today. tomorrow will hover with warm spots, upper 80s. this will pop to 90 in the san joaquin valley at that point. look at that foot in the morning. slow to burn off. nice-looking gait day tomorrow. these are the forecasted highs for tomorrow. you see the northeast wind. heat waves are coming easily. they are pretty accurate. i didn't see anything like that. we have

you can see five degrees warmer in fairfield, three degrees warmer in concord and livermore. a little cooleralthcoast e bay, had that fog this morning. but we're watching that clearing even along the coast and around the bay this afternoon. so looking at those daytime highs in the upper 60s in san francisco and mid 70s in oakland. 87 in san jose and heating up to 96 degrees in concord. up to 9 degrees above average for this time of year. we'll see that sunshine as we go through our day and then for tomorrow, low clouds and areas of fog around the coast along the bay and catching that sunshine for your saturday with temperatures very similar to today, but we are really going to heat up on sunday. the hottest day of the week. i'll have your weekend forecast coming up. back to you, michelle. >> all right, mary. thank you. >>> a crash and fire forced a shutdownf interstate 580 overnight at the altamonte pass. the fire started just after midnight along a median near flynn road north. the flames jumped the freeway and spread over the hills northeast and prompted fire fighters to cl

. >> you can see the wind blowing this is from the fires near fairfield we are looking towards the fire you can see how far that smoke is blowing with that strong westerly wind. current windspeed 20 to 30 miles per hour, the gusts are above 30 miles per hour, the windiest spot right now in the city. 26 miles per hour with gusts up to around 40 miles per hour. the good news is when is going to relax this evening, the bad news is it's not really going to happen until the sun goes down. the atmosphere is not stat dry lowest humidity levels right now in concorde and santa rosa are in the teens but further into the fire season at least there some moisture in the atmosphere much breezy conditions. >>> california setting a new coronavirus record, the number of patients hospitalized went up to a record 50%. oernight the state saw more than 5600 new cases and the average rate of the people who tested positive went of. >>> makes news for the bay area, santa clara county was taken off the states watchlist but officials are monitoring the counties. >> this evening a growing over plans to reopen. we

about where we expect for inland portions of the bay area, in the 20s for those percentages around fairfield and concord only 19% or more with the dries there and this'll target here, that condition is going to be about the same into tomorrow but potter weathered on the line especially over the weekend, current windspeed noticeable but again not that wendy by bay area standards for late july, mostly sustained wind 15 to 20 mile-per-hour arrange with strongest wind in fairfield. some costs a little bit stronger than that, tomorrow similar conditions best in the wind will pick up by wednesday. it is starting to push the farm further inland once again. temperature stands at 62 degrees almost 70 degrees in a wednesday usual mix of 60s and 70s and 80s, close to 90 degrees for livermore and concord and livermore got up to 90 degrees this afternoon almost exactly where we were 24 hours ago, hardly any change. usually get a little bit of random variation from day today but temperatures are almost precisely where they were on sunday. going to see the fonts pretty back and went through the rest of ton

low 70s around the bay. 80 zimmerman. 92 in fairfield and antioch. courtesy of low pressure, will build on later this weekend, we will see temperatures start to roll up again as we get into the thursday or friday time frame similar to what we had last week. showing you the marine layer, tomorrow will build back in, that would help conditions as well. lots of sunshine for us, your extended forecast shows pretty nice today and tomorrow, we will still that warming thursday and friday as we see temperatures go back into the 90s. >>> from musician to the white house, kanye west setting his sights on the oval office, but we will explain why you may never see his name on a ballot. >>> plus, a look at the big illegal fireworks show on saturday is most public displays were canceled. >>> the bay area art scene is evolving in this weekend, we are taking you wanted to or. to the future of big performance venues and artists going digital to share their craft. >> we have some of the most amazing people to work with. >> people need to hear live music, magic to help

. >> tense moments when a hillside in fairfield go up in flames. good evening, i am julie haener. >> it spread to 60 acres before the firefighters were able to get it under control. it is one of several fires burning around the bay area. they continued to fight a much larger fire it has been burning since yesterday and it is east of gilroy. amber is in fairfield and the flames got close to some of those homes. >> it is scary for people of this neighborhood . >> reporter: many refused to leave telling me that they wanted to stay behind to make sure that did everything they could to protect their homes, >> the whole hill was on fire. >> the help over there, the one next to the houses. >> reporter: it broke out 4:30 , monday afternoon in the cordelia area for frilled, people did hose down the grass to protect the property and there was a mandatory order to evacuate 30 homes. >> it was terrifying. we didn't know it to do, you know? we were scrambling around. >> reporter: a resident shared these photos with us as the fire moved towards home and she grab