we turn now to mark tamayo with a look at the fire conditions.lways important to know what's going on with the weather. >> the numbers have been huge. you get a different perspective you get a live picture here. you get an idea of just how big these two fires are. as far as the weather conditions right now around the fire zone in general about 83 degrees. humidity right around 19%. the moisture levels have come up. wind speeds i've been looking at some of the tree branches but it's not a lot. as far as the forecast for tomorrow, they've been battling this fire for days. as we take this into the afternoon hours by 12:00, 94 degrees. humidity levels come down and once again another day of triple digits by 3:00, 101 degrees. winds out of the southwest around 10 miles miles per hour. and humidity pretty dry about 10%. we're coming off a rainy season below average. it's been drying up within the last three months, temperatures exceeding 100 degrees in this area. so the terrain and hot temperatures big problem for today. it's going to be a big problem

mark tamayo is dialing in the numbers to see where the heat is. >> you have extreme heat for the inlands sections. you can see some of the areas that picked up 100 degrees or the upper 90s. a string of 100s for fairfield, livermore and morgan hill. here's a look at the time line at 10:00 this morning it was 89- degree. by 4:00 you see that triple digit heat 100 degrees. we still have the hot numbers in the forecast for your saturday but i amtraking -- i am tracking the forecast for the five day and i will bring you that in a few minutes. >>> and in one town in contra

this is more hot weather on the way, mark tamayo is here with the weekend forecast at 7:23. >>> california power managers called off a flex alert for this weekend. they are still asking people to conserve energy because of high energy use during the heat wave but the energy watchers say the need for contsraeugz will not be critical. >>> -- conservation will not be critical. >>> people got an unwelcomed surprise today when a mysterious cloud of black soot descended on them. we are live at the square. he tells us he thinks he has gotten to the bottom of it all, john? >> reporter: we are near the port of oakland where cargo ships come and go all day. one ship left an unwelcomed mark on oakland. the weather was perfect until something began raining from the sky. >> it is like black snowfalling from the air, falling down on you, all in your eyes and in your face. >> reporter: people in and around the square at lunchtime found themselves in a soot storm. within minutes they were covered with a dirty black unknown substance. >> spread it out because the wind is blowing. everyone within the area g

mark tamayo joins us with cities that topped triple digit marks. >> that bright red and purple shade links up to 100 degrees in some of the highs for today very oppressive. livermore 103 degrees, concord 101 degrees about 4:00 this afternoon. here are the current temperatures at the 5:00 hour. still warming up. still 70s to report across fairfield, livermore and concord. >>> state officials are asking people to conserve electricity during this hot spell. the operators of the state power grid declared a flex alert to help ease strain on power supplies. it begins tomorrow and lasts through sunday. people are being asked to reduce power consumption. one suggestion is to use fans instead of air-conditioning. >>> stay with us for continuing coverage, mark tamayo will be back in 11 minutes and again at 10:35 for the complete forecast. we'll also take you to a bay area forecast. >>> a young mother and her baby are back home in oakland after their abduction today triggered an amber alert. the ordeal began late last night at an apartment. the mother and child were found unharmed this afternoo

let's go to mark tamayo in the weather center with more on the hot temperatures. >> today a 40-degree temperature range. fog showing up here. dense fog, especially doug of the golden gate bridge, pacifica and half moon bay. as you head inland, hot temperatures, livermore right now 99. concord 96 degrees. here is a look that highs from this afternoon. triple digits, concord, fairfield, antioch, livermore 103 degrees. morgan hill 101. hot temperatures in the forecast, coming up when the timing of the next cooling trend pushing in. >>> residents lined up to seek compensation from chevron from the health effects from the chevron richmond refinery fire. ktvu's cara liu is live where they are opening up a help center. >> reporter: this is being set up right now. a live look. this is where one of the adjustors will be set up. there is another one like it down the hall. these are the hours. and then this room right here is set up, 50 chairs inside for people as a waiting room. people are being asked to bring medical documentation if they have it. >> scary. >> reporter: she was at home two mil

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mark tamayo? >> looks like a nice forecast, heather and john. glad that worked out earlier on. you can see right now fog hugging parts of san francisco. earlier this morning, somewhat of a different story. we had thunderstorms pop up across parts of north bay. you can see the latest radar, the bulk of the action just dissipating out to our north. we have the fog developing near parts of coast lien from half moon bay to pacifica and san francisco. this will be a factor as we head into overnight hours. late tonight into early sunday morning. as far as temperatures from this afternoon, they ranged from the -- you can see here 63 in pacifica. warmest locations inland in the 90s out towards fairfield and antioch. san josi 81. for tonight we have mostly clear skies, some coastal fog. temperatures tomorrow, not a big change. the extended definitely going to keep it cool for the beaches and temperatures in the inland spots, no major heat out there. warmest locations mainly in the 80s. overnight lows first thing sunday morning we'll be in the low to mid-50s, at least partly cloudy skies

meteorologist mark tamayo will be here to tell us where it will hit triple digits for a second day inease me, momigus! that's mom to you. and you should eat something that's good for you before you go outside. never! come on james. it's a new fiber one chewy bar. chocolatey and delicious. fiber one chewy bar, huh? mmm. refueled space captain james. [ male announcer ] new fiber one chewy bars. great taste kids love plus calcium and fiber kids need. . >>> the death toll from flooding raised to 59. the weather cleared after two weeks of the steadiy rain near the capitol of manila. schools and offices have been closed for days. hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes. here in the bay area it heated up just as mark said it would, you say we are not done with the stphaoet. >> not over yet. -- done with the heat. >> not over yet. now, fog is developing around the coast. keeping the beaches cooler. creating fog near the shoreline. i have switched us over to the radar and tracking some of the showers and the thunderstorms moving into nevada. we could be tracking a few

we have live coverage with mark tamayo. but first we go to ken fowler who's braving the wet weather. >> reporter: as we have watched this evening go on, we've seen the wind get stronger and the rain come down harder. one convention day lost, the delegates we talked to say they are taking it in stride. this morning you could feel it the winds picking up. the clouds swirling over head as tropical storm isaac edged closer. this as delegates were welcomed to tampa. >> we got your delegation badge. >> reporter: 700 people including alternates and guests. judy devries says storms or no storms. >> can't wait to ride out the storm and ride in mitt for president. >> reporter: but the candidate decided not to ride out the storm. the reason they're staying at beach side hotels. >> we're four feet above, i mean it can potentially be a huge problem. >> reporter: tom scott is handling bus transportation for california's delegates he says with strong winds we could see bridges the only way for hundreds of delegates to get to the conventio

. >>> yesterday you remember mark tamayo told us to expect high temperatures. mark when i was outside in the morning it was already hot. >> yeah. after 10:00 it cranks up with the heat and today triple digits. that will be the story for tomorrow and saturday. right now you can see fog hugging the shoreline, pacifica and half moon bay, san francisco, a still left over patches near the southwestern portions of the city. inland, look at the numbers, right now in san francisco mid- 60s. inland, look at the upper 90s to 102 degrees. that 102 is the official high today so far in livermore. as far as the forecast, we have this, a layer of warm to hot air above us and it pushes down on the fog, where the fog is it is dense near the coast line, this will be a concern tomorrow morning if you are driving highway 1, near the coast friday. over night lows, temperatures to start out friday in the 50s to 60s. san francisco 55. hayward 58. fremont 58 degrees. increase in the fog once again tomorrow morning. this is just for the coast and south of the golden gate bridge. we have

mark tamayo joins us with cities that topped triple digit marks. >> that bright red and purple shade links up to 100 degrees in some of the highs for today very oppressive. livermore 103 degrees, concord 101 degrees about 4:00 this afternoon. here are the current temperatures at the 5:00 hour. still warming up. still 70s to report across fairfield, livermore and concord. >>> state officials are asking people to conserve electricity during this hot spell. the operators of the state power grid declared a flex alert to help ease strain on power supplies. it begins tomorrow and lasts through sunday. people are being asked to reduce power consumption. one suggestion is to use fans instead of air-conditioning. >>> stay with us for continuing coverage, mark tamayo will be back in 11 minutes and again at 10:35 for the complete forecast. we'll also take you to a bay area forecast. >>> a young mother and her baby are back home in oakland after their abduction today triggered an amber alert. the ordeal began late last night at an apartment. the mother and child were found unharmed this afternoo

ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo is next with when the bay area can expect a warming trend. >>> 24 hoursom right now the newest mars probe from nasa will arrive on the red planet. the probe called curiosity will land itself with the aid of a computer program. now it may take some time before engineers know if the landing was successful, since radio signals take almost half an hour to make the round fripp mars to earth and back again. the nuclear-powered rover is carrying a range of cameras and science gear to examine the geology of mars. tomorrow night we'll tightend out. let's check in with mark tamayo and you said there is lightning out there. >> there is lightning moving to the east of the bay area. this is always a concern. it just takes one lightning strike to spark a fire. right now on the radar you can see the coverage right now, showers out to our north, right around lake county and towards the sacramento region. right around the lake tahoe area as well. i saw a lightning strike problem about an hour ago outside of sacramento, and pretty impressive with the cells moving out to th

meteorologist mark tamayo joins us now. >> ken, a temperature range of over 40 degrees across parts of bay area from 60 coastside. as you head inland the excessive heat around 100 to 105 degrees. vacaville. and what is causing all of this? a big area of high pressure kind of nosing back into california. the sinking air is warming air and has been warming since basically wednesday into thursday and as a result, triple digit heat in the forecast. this high has to weaken to bring the cooler temperatures. coming up we'll let you know what when that move back into your forecast area. >>> for more on bay area weather heat to ktvu.com and click on the weather tab. they are going wild in petaluma, the north bay team that is heading to the little league world series. >>> hundreds of homes threatened by an out of control wildfire near fresno and what is making the situation even more difficult for firefighters. >>> and volunteers hard at work at a bay area hillside, the criminal acted that damaged a memorial dedicated to those who served our country. . >>> new at 10:00 is there excitement in the

mark tamayo has your work week forecast. >> also, the new ktvu ipad app is waiting for you, watch allewscast lives and find drive live time traffic, weather and breaking news anytime anywhere. . >>> breaking news out of san francisco a building is burning at 22. >> the fire department says it is a two-alarm fire. we don't know if there are injuries or if anyone is trapped. >>> it was the second year of a new tradition for san francisco's china town. people were on their feet this morning with paddles for a ping- pong tournaments. 200 people competed. the youngest just 8 years old. the oldest 70. >> ping-pong is hopular in the asian -- popular in the asian community. >> the community youth center, the hilton and the table tennis club sponsored the event. that ping-pong tournament was part of san francisco sunday streets. four city blocks were closed to traffic today. families strolled through the streets and enjoyed the sights there. this is the 8-10 scheduled for this year. next month they will come to the alamo square neighborhood. >>> nice today, across san francisco, mark, seems li

let's check in with mark tamayo to see where those triple digits hit today, mark. >> reporter: big temperature range once again in the bay area from the low 60s coast side. warm up 40 degrees that's where we have the inland heat to 100 degrees. we're still working for the high but here's a look at the current numbers out there. vacaville right now 103 degrees. fairfield was 100. same deal for antioch and gilroy. just to show you the temperature time line throughout the day, out toward antioch at 10:00 this morning it was already 83 degrees by 12:00 lunchtime 94. by 4:00 temperatures right around 400. coming up the timing of our next cooling trend. >> all right, thank you mark. you can find weather alert for the forecast for the cities where you live at any time by going to our website ktvu.com and clicking on the weather tab. >>> the federal trade commission today finalized it's settlement with facebook. the settlement was announced last november and since then it's been going through a public comment period. under the settlement, facebook did agree to get official approval before making any o

. >>> let's go ahead and get more on the lightning situation with our meteorologist mark tamayo. are tracking things, tell us about it. >> a bit of a strange sight for the first weekend of august. as you can see right now we have activity showing up on live stormtracker radar. not all of this reaching the ground, but this is a radar loop over the past couple of hours. you can see the progression with the cells. if i could bring you the most recent imagery and the action moving in from the south, so can you pick out the current pattern. in fact, we're going to come in tighter and show you the north bay. you can still see coverage out towards the northern parts of sonoma county, around napa as well. fairfield area reports this morning and isolated lightning strikes once again will be the primary concern tonight and into early tomorrow morning. as far as the fire danger, a red-flag warning in place right now for tonight into sunday morning. as you can pick out to the east and also up to our north. for the north right around mendocino and lake county as well. so the chance of a few t

our meteorologist, mark tamayo, is coming back. he will tell you how much cooler it will get today leading into the weekend. >>> one man killed, a home literally blown to piece -- blown to pieces. the leak that may have contracted to the deadly blast. >>> good morning. traffic on highway 4, pretty slow traffic coming up. we'll give you a look at the commute -- coming up. >>> a man with a bomb was arrested in pinole. the fbi pass aid long a tip that this man report lid planned to blow up a bomb fill. police and the bomb squad surrounded the home on sunday. they arrested him and found a bomb inside. there's no word on who or what may have been the target. >>> it's 7:2. a propane leak is being blamed for an explosion that killed a man in connecticut. investigators say the victim was trying to help a friend fix the leak last night when the blast occurred. the homeowner and a young girl were also severely injured. the explosion was so powerful, it blew the home to he pieces and firefighters were -- to pieces and firefighters were shocke

now to mark tamayo. >>> basically the same deal with the weather pattern as well. clouds are back with us near the coast and near the bay. and a little bit of a breeze out there. as far as the current fog pattern we can show you right now hugging the coast also some drizzle out there as well. santa rosa, napa some overcost. oakland, heyward, fremont and mountain view as well. current numbers in the 50s to the lower 60s. oakland 58 degrees. and downtown san francisco right about 55. here's our forecast model showing you this and the clouds this morning in the short-term still a big factor out there. clearing near the coastline. into the afternoon hours this tour links up with the 80- degree range so warmest locations in the mid- to upper 80s and maybe a few spots arnold 90-degrees. the qualifying races in the bay today of course a very active day for san francisco. for the bay waters. you'll notice wind speeds do crank up once again and as a result a small craft advisory kicks in at 1:00 this afternoon. all in response to an increase in those wind speeds throughout

mark tamayo is dialing in the numbers to see where the heat is. >> you have extreme heat for the inlands sections. you can see some of the areas that picked up 100 degrees or the upper 90s. a string of 100s for fairfield, livermore and morgan hill. here's a look at the time line at 10:00 this morning it was 89- degree. by 4:00 you see that triple digit heat 100 degrees. we still have the hot numbers in the forecast for your saturday but i amtraking -- i am tracking the forecast for the five day and i will bring you that in a few minutes. >>> and in one town in contra costa county someone keeps making off with the street signs. rob roth is live in an intersection where drivers may get lost. >> reporter: it's easy to get lost in danville, we're at the intersection of allegheny but you would never know because the street signs are missing and police say that's not the only one. it's a lot harder to find sao paolo. it's the same story one block up on san vicente. the ups driver found his way okay but still. >> you have to know the area eventually. it's a hassle. >> reporter: danville police

. >>> mark tamayo will be live to tell you if the temperature are cooling. >>> and the battle against mosquitos and west nile virus may be seeing a seen like this in your neighborhood. wow, look at this bed! this nightstand! this wardrobe! what are you doing here? you're in ikea. my dream bedroom is in ikea? yes. what's that bedroom over there? that's your husband's dream bedroom. whatever your style, take home your dream bedroom together. ikea. the life improvement store. >>> san francisco street cars were briefly slowed in the sunset district because of a water main break. they had to be waved through slowly between 32nd and 33rd and alterro. muni officials say there were no major delays and water officials said that no one lost water service. crews have now fixed the problem. >>> no one was hurt in a fiery collision between a freight train and a tanker truck in east texas. the accidents happened around 1:30 at wills point about 45 miles east of dallas. authorities say it appears that the collision happened after the big rig got stuck on the tracks. the driver of the tanker truck ju

for more on that we go to our meteorologist mark tamayo and you are also keeping an eye on isaac. >>that is right, heather and john, we have the fog in the bay area, but forecasters are getting ready for that tropical storm which will eventually become a hurricane. the latest on isaac, winds 60 miles per hour moving to the northwest. here is the forecast track. put a pause in here tomorrow you see winds still at 70 miles per hour. just shy of hurricane status. approaching the florida keys and there you can pick out the event track strengthening and that is the key and possibly category 2 hurricane sometime monday into tuesday, approaching right around panama city. back in the bay area, fog hugging the coastline from bodega bay and out towards berkeley and emeryville. as far as temperatures they ranged from the upper 50s in pacifica and san francisco, it's been cool out there. concord 70 degrees and antioch one of the warmer spots, 86. forecast headlines for tonight, fog will continue to develop. tomorrow will be the coolest day. that means a warming trend here in the long-range forec

up next, mark tamayo will tell us more. >>> welcome back. 7:23. the dmv is reevaluating its policies on driver's licenses for young, illegal immigrants. last week, the dmv said it would give licenses to immigrants who were eligible for a new, federal ram. but this week is beaktracked saying the implications -- backtracked saying the implications are still not clear and the law needed to be clarified. well, that decision has many unclear. >> they didn't really have a choice. they go to school, they are going to college. they are trying to get jobs. >> well, some states have decided they will not grant driver's licenses under president obama's new federal law, including arizona and nebraska. >>> 7:24. the u.s. government is testing a fleet of what it calls talking cars that could help american drivers avoid crashes and traffic jams. that's not the same as these cars here that google is testing. the talking cars don't actually speak. they will use beeps, flashing lights and vie brakes this driver's seat to warn of possible problems. if the test is su

if it continues to develop it will become a story and mark tamayo will be talking about it and i will dial it in tomorrow. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view then, it does cool off, high clouds, back into the 80s. >> thank you. >>> lawmakers head a briefing on military sexual sexual assaults today. what they say they endured while in the military and the demands they are now making. cçrrú >>> a judge in los angeles this morning reinstated michael jackson's mother the guardian. katherine jackson has been in a squabble over custody of the children age 15, 14 and 10. based on a investigators report, the judge said it is clear katherine jackson is taking good care of the children and they love her very much and the children's cousin, tj jackson could stay on helping katherine jackson care for them and could become a co- guardian. >>> the california public utilities commission put off opening an investigation into soring cost at the nuclear power plant in san diego county. edison and san diego gas and electric rung up inspections, repairs and replacement. it has been offl

but mark tamayo, it looks like things will cool off. >> we had some warmer temperatures especially away from the coast side. if you can see behind me, there is that fog bank regrouping, pushing into the bay, half moon bay, pacificca, sausalito and san francisco. that onshore breeze, showing with the buoy, gusting to about 17 miles per hour. temperatures range from the lower 60s near pacifica and san francisco. oakland topped out at 71 degrees san jose, 81. a few 90s out towards fairfield, antioch and livermore. tomorrow, the cloud cover clearing back to near the shore line. no major changes in the extended forecast. cool temperatures for the beaches. warm temperatures if you do work your way inland. overnight lows first things low to mid-50s out there. santa rosa, 51. temperatures inland mainly in the mid- to upper 50s. so this morning, a few reports of some heavy rain, also some thunderstorms in parts of the north bay. automatic the results of all this monsoonal moisture lifting off to the west and east. cooler air sets in, we're going to increase an onshore throw a bit. as a result, s

tonight and we will update the forecast and mark tamayo will be here tomorrow morning. stick with us on that. that is on the weekend. tomorrow morning, fog long the coast. burns back. and day time highs tomorrow warm up a few degrees. and on friday around lunchtime showers around lake tahoe. friday night, there is the moisture working its way up and more moisture. we will following it for you. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view, i will be back at 6:00 p.m. and we will look at that moisture and how it could impact. >> thank you. >>> it can be a danger job, keeping the power on in the bay area, the training these pg&e crews were getting today. >>> the hearing against suspended san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi picks up tomorrow. they expect closing arguments and after that they will make a decision on whether he could keep his job. >>> safety crews took part in life saving training today in antioch. it involves a contract worker who is suffering from heat stroke. >> they collapsed and they were discovered by a operator on a round and we responded

and cooler weather, mark tamayo will tell you what you can expect for your work week in his completeay area forecast. >>> the petaluma nationals little league team is on its way to play in the little league world series in pennsylvania. >> go ahead run. safe. >> petaluma nationals beat hawaii 7-5 last night to win the west reginalship in san bernardino. they the games begin in pennsylvania on thursday. and everybody is pumped up. >> that is great. jaw. and a warm bay in the north bay for petaluma and inland. still hot numbers out there but we started to cool off a little bit. live camera, in the distance, there is the fog bank hugging the coast. the fog will win out over the next few days bringing cooler air, it has been cold for the shoreline, sweater and jacket weather towards half moon bay, pacifica, because we have this, a good steady breeze, winds gusting to 22 miles per hour. keeping things locally cool near the coast and near parts of the bay. as you work your way away from that nland, hot number -- inland, hot numbers. yesterday 104, 105 towards livermore. we cooled off a lit

mark tamayo and rosemary orozco will be here. your five day forecast is cooler.will bring the high clouds on saturday. we'll watch that system very closely but those are the systems that will cause us real problems in the fire season. >> we have to keep an eye on that. >> thank you, bill. >>> the official line up of challengers for the next america's cup has been announced. four teams will complete against oracle. white tiger from korea and luna ross from italy. the number of team social security far lower than what was originally expected. >> without a doubt the economic climate has proved challenging and that's the reason that you know probably one of the main reasons that there are four challengers and not 11 challengers. >>> america's cup world series races start here in the [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for the best deals. you don't need to run around. safeway gives you real big club card deals each week. this week get whole seedless watermelons fresh off the farm for only $2.98 each. s

mark tamayo and rosemary orozco will be here. your five day forecast is cooler.ring the high clouds on saturday. we'll watch that system very closely but those are the systems that will cause us real problems in the fire season. >> we have to keep an eye on that. >> thank you, bill. >>> the official line up of challengers for the next america's cup has been announced. four teams will complete against oracle. white tiger from korea and luna ross from italy. the number of team social security far lower than what was originally expected. >> without a doubt the economic climate has proved challenging and that's the reason that you know probably one of the main reasons that there are four challengers and not 11 challengers. >>> america's cup world series races start here in the bay on august 21st in 45-foot wind sailed catamorans. >>> a touch of hollywood in san francisco as work begins on that new woody allen movie. >>> work has started on woody allen's latest movie which is being filmed in san francisco. a ktvu camera was there to catch a glimpse of the happenings a

let's check in with mark tamayo and you said there is lightning out there. >> there is lightning movingf the bay area. this is always a concern. it just takes one lightning strike to spark a fire. right now on the radar you can see the coverage right now, showers out to our north, right around lake county and towards the sacramento region. right around the lake tahoe area as well. i saw a lightning strike problem about an hour ago outside of sacramento, and pretty impressive with the cells moving out to the north and east. also locally here, our radar not showing up nearly as much in terms of its thunderstorm pomer, potential. as far as the for today with our forecast headlines we have that coming up for you. tonight we're going hold on to the cloud cover with the possibility of spotty showers. tomorrow though no showers threat. maybe some drizzle first thing sunday morning. skies becoming partly sunny into the afternoon hours. the extended, a bit of a warming trend and hot numbers inland. first thing sunday morning, temperatures will be in the low to mid-50s out there, partly to mostly