the fire broke out near pack card court and kirkwood drive. at one point a back fence caught fear but firefighters quickly put it out. this fire does not appear to be suspicious. >>> there are new public safety concerns in san jose this morning. some big cutbacks take place for the fire department just as the weather heeds up. jade hernandez just talked to a union leader. jade joins us with an update. >> reporter: i just got off the phone with the battalion chief. he said this is the lowest staffing he has experienced in his 21 years. he explained that the city has nine truck units. those trucks have five firefighters to each truck. now they will only have four assigned to open one. he said the restrictions challenge their ability to serve a larger poplation. they're hoping data will show that the department needs to restore what's been cut. for example, response times are expected to be longer. >> as response teams increase, fire intensity grows. our firefighters will be faced with a greater work load, higher risk and greater demand. >> repor

squaw valley and kirkwood also opened today. >>> dry conditions in the bay area have firefighters patrolling the san jose foot hills incase fourth of july spark trouble. >> it will start a roof on fire and that could spread to a neighborhood. we ask people to remember safe and sane doesn't mean they are not dangerous. >> depending on the violation the fine can be as high as $50,000 and include a year in jail. >>> let's talk about what we can expect tonight. you were mentioning it will be nice tonight? >> yeah. a sea breeze brought back the clouds and they have the coast. san francisco saw clouds early on and then we watched it pull back. let's see where we are at the moment here. you can see right along the westside of the coast line, looking good. we are expecting clouds to roll back in tonight. but at fireworks time patchy in nature. shouldn't intrude what you want to see for the evening hours. 62 in san francisco. you may need agarict. a cool and breezy one. 68 in oakland. inland, 90 in livermore. 92 in concord. warm summer nights in the inland areas. 88 santa rosa. 70s for napa. the wind

al pine meadows and kirkwood welcomed all skiers and boarders. this is only the second time in history that al pine was opened on the fourth. the last time, 1995. >> is that the last time fireworks didn't obscure the fireworks? >> great night out there. >> that was a good call because that is true, right? and you know, i was thinking of somebody that went swimming in the lake at lake tahoe today and with that same bikini was skiing on the slopes. all i have to say is i hope she had some sunscreen on. after highs of 65 degrees, to 95 degrees tomorrow. we will have temperatures, pretty much in the 50s and 60s. we will have areas along the coast, trying to move into the bay, but backing off very, very rapidly. let's pinpoint your headlines for your back to work tuesday. patchy morning coastal and bay fog, otherwise a warmer day everywhere. from the coast to our inland areas, even though we are starting off in the gray skies. that deck will push back into the coast and bay side. that marine layer -- this is your morning commute where the clouds inund

squaw valley, sugar bowl and kirkwood are also open this weekend. >> what a contrast between that in the sierra and the day we had today. it was spectacular, bill. >> i spoke to some people at sugar bowl and they said the snow is melting rapidly. they are getting into the 80s and snow is melting rapidly. here is mike's suggestion. if you're up in the rivers, up on any of the big rivers please be careful. this is the time of year when they lose the flow but not as strongly as they are now. so there's a lot of current on those rivers. dangerous on the sacramento and the yuba. 70-degree out in san francisco. lots of 50s for the night's lows. fog tries to reform tonight but it's having a heck of a time. this is frank's favorite map. i love this map too because it shows you the microclimates. out toward the antioch, look at these numbers past the mount diablo. you get the picture between the coast and inland, you're going to go from 73 to close to 100. forecast highs and as we go into saturday, little patchy fog but not a lot. and if you're going to the beaches you will see plenty of suns

squaw valley, kirkwood and sugar bowl will also be open. >> good afternoon to you, giving a live look at the bay and the golden gait this morning. plenty of blue sky overhead. warmer than 24 hours ago. pull out those fans. we are going to heat it up. take a look at what is going on. calm out there, winds light throughout the weekend. generally a northwesterly breeze. you can see fairfield and santa rosa, a light northerly breeze, southwesterly sel around oakland and northwesterly in san jose. again it is light. even at times watching it come from the northeast, which means it is pushing that marine layer off that coastline. 68 san francisco right now, 73 oakland. widespread 60s and 70s around the bay. inland 70s and 80s already at this time. 82 in san jose, outside your door in livermore 85, 84 concord. north bay 77 napa, 81 santa rosa. again with plenty of sunshine. that will be the call for the weekend. take a look at the satellite and radar here. we have plenty of clear sky. that light light light gray you can see, that is the marine layer way off the coast. if i pull it off just a

alpine meadows, squal valley, and kirkwood are welcoming all skiers and sugar bowl is open for season pass holders. this is only the second time in history that alpine will be open on july 4th and the last time was 1995. >>> we heard erika -- we don't have any snow or rain in our forecast, but a lot of heat! >> lot of sun, lot of heat, definitely some conditions that you want to be cautious of. air quality management. we are getting an air quality advisory and that has to do with the fact that that high pressure ridge is making its way into the forecast region and is pretty much suppressing all of the air. things like hair spray, gasoline, anything like that can certainly affect us and will stick around in the atmosphere a lot more. as we take a look outside, we can see we pretty much see clear sky conditions. here is that high pressure ridge building nicely, holding over the region. this really increases the daily highs, so we do have that heat advisory. we also do have that spare the air advisory as well. definitely you want to be taking precautions, because we do have all of these

alpine meadows, squal valley and kirkwood are welcoming all skiers.owl is open for season pass holders. this is only the second time in history alpine would be open on july 4th. the last time was 1995. >>> for those of us in the bay area, it's all about this heat wave. wait till you hear erica's inland temperature forecast for tomorrow! >> i'm sorry, ann. it's going to be hot. you're off on monday, so you can enjoy it. >> yes. >> so what we can expect are really, really warm temperatures. in fact, we do have an advisory, due to the fact we have a stagnant air mass over the region. that high pressure ridge working its way over the forecast region is definitely causing a little bit of trouble there. we can take a look outside and see for the most part, skies are clear. we'll get patchy low fog by later tonight, into tomorrow morning. but it will clear out as the sun comes out. i'll show you the heat advisory we have issued for inland locations from noon to 9:00 p.m. tomorrow. limit your exercise. certainly no vigorous exercising at all. plenty of water,

i say that because of a book that appeared in 1998 by tom -- the science of aging by tom kirkwood. are you aware of that volume published by oxford? >> no, i'm not. our book has 2,000 citations from the medical literature so from that point of view, you know, we rest on the shoulders ofur predecessors and other researchers, you know, at any given time there are tens of thousands of researchers working in these fields. so, you know, we've relied on the works of others in order to create this. >> i suggest -- i call this to your attention because he does get into some of those core concepts that we were just discussing. i'm not in any way saying this is not an original volume, however, because i can feel the throbbing throughout. one of the interesting parts of this book is the recount by each of the authors, ray and terry, of their backgrounds, their health backgrounds and how they got to where they are today, both on the conceptual level and on the level of vocation. terry, can you recount what you say in chapter 3, your personal journey? >> yes. i became interested in longevity me

alpine meadows and kirkwood is also open.here are several runs at each mountain. >> coming down in shorts coming down the mountain. >> for you, perhaps. >> we better move on. >> it's still a little bit cold. >> the sun off the ice. >> what sun. >> it wouldn't be bad if it was a hundred tomorrow. we'll drop into snow, that would be fun. you would probably melt into the snow. look back to emeryville, kind of hard to see the golden gate bridge but that is not the marine layer fog and low clouds. that is non-existent right now. another reason it will be pretty warm away from the coast. take a look at the temperatures. we have antioch is the lone holdout in the 70s. 71 for you. rest in the 50s and 60s. still 45 degrees at half moon bay. mid-50s and few low 50s around monterey bay and inland. hottest weather awaits us tomorrow afternoon and it looks like we'll finally see some cooler weather as we jump in the weekend which the computer, i got a minute and a half to talk about. let's back things up here and we'll jump into the micro

his picture san francisco police say that jonathan walker shot and killed a man back in january on kirkwoodone other person was injured in that shooting investigators also say that this suspect is wanted in connection with the two vallejo murders. he was arrested in oregon and is now awaiting extradition to san francisco. cellphone video capture a man being beaten. this is what police call a hate crime they're working to identify the men who were assaulting the victim. we have details on this attack. >> san francisco police are using this cellphone video to track down suspects and a hate crime beating that happen on june 26th. it was submitted by an outside party to the police but as you could see the victim, this man who was naked with a towel being pushed around and being beaten by at least three suspects. this man in a white shirt clenches his fist and waits for an opportunity to go in and brutally punched the victim. this attack started when he was inside of a portable less room that was being tipped over. the victim does says he does not want to be identified says that he cannot bear t

pine meadows and kirkwood are also open this weekend for skiing. who would have thought?> i kind of thought. [ laughter ] >> because of all the rain and snow but yesterday it was warm it's going to be dangerous out there. it really makes sense because our sea breeze has slackened off now and reestablish itself later today. heavenly is showing blue skies with temperatures here in the upper 40s. so a bit of a chill to start out. mid 80s later in the afternoon. we are looking back home at the golden gate bridge numbers in the upper 60s right now. you are on your way 80 degrees and upper 80s across the bay in oakland. already 80 in fairfield. we are will go at 75 in livermore valley. 74 in los gatos. another 20-25 degrees of warming today making it a very hot day. we're 11 degrees warmer in san francisco and 14 degrees warmer in santa rosa. that is what happens when we have the northerly winds. with the heat advisory the spare-the-air day temperatures are really going to soar. numbers over hundred degrees in some spots. with a little bit of cool down on tap around the bay and

squaw valley kirkwood and sugar bowl are also open this weekend. and let's give you a live look up from the sierra. the roads going to tahoe. this is 80 at truckee. it's one of those days where you may be able to get in a round of golf and also hit the slopes. what is also beautiful with this day is there are no change requirements. >>> good morning to you. here at home, a live look sausalito, gorgeous start! mostly clear skies, we do have a little fog in the area. low clouds right off the coast. along the golden gate bridge we're seeing fog this morning. san francisco low clouds, a little fog, backing up far enough to show you some of that this morning. this is expected to actually back up, re treat and be off the coastline by 10:00 or noontime. plenty of sunshine in store for your weekend. as temperatures already beginning to warm up, lock at fairfield at this hour. 68 degrees. 67 for those of you in livermore. 50s along the coastline. 54 in san francisco. 59 redwood city. san francisco half moon bay, pacifica all reporting partly cloudy skies an