north bay, low to mid 70s. the bay, 60s, 64 san francisco, upper 60s in oakland, peninsula, 78 in red wood city and with the cloud cover, cool conditions with the afternoon sea breeze along the coast in the low 60s this afternoon. we will heat things up as we look to the end of the week. details are coming up in a few minutes. >>> good morning. if you are headed towards altamont pass it is the usual stuff for a monday commute. we are seeing brake lights already out of tracy west bound 205 onto 580 with your travel time about 34 minutes to go

moderate for the north bay and east bay.king this upper level low and a weak short wave or weak disturbance just swinging and rotating around that low pressure system bringing in that strong on shore flow for today. as we take you through the day again looking at good air quality for the most part today and as we take you through the next few days, smoke concentration forecast with westerly winds pushing most haze away today, tomorrow, and for your wednesday. near tahoe it is very smoky and of course hazardous there and to our north. thinking about everybody, especially dealing with wildfires to our north and up in the sierra. as we go through our day today in the bay area, we are looking at the skies clearing inland around the bay, still the cloud cover along the coast, cloud cover retreating back to the coast tonight into tomorrow, marine stratus pushes in along the coast and around the bay with that on shore flow. as we look to sunrise, 6:32 and sun set at 7:51. mostly cloudy along the coast with afternoon sea breeze, low

north bay, east bay, even the south bay better chance to see that haze for the north bay. ive east bay shot there. with it, we are looking at really mid to upper levels of the atmosphere. as we go through our day, there will be patches the smoke at times drifting down to the surface. you might smell it if you live in the north bay and east bay. i think most of the smoke will stay in mid to upper levels of the atmosphere, not really much at ground level. as we look to temperatures it will be a warm day. the warmest day of the week. we are talking 80s and 90s inland with sunshine clearing around the bay, upper 60s, and 70s. know you were tracking the crash earlier on 101. how is it looking? >> it is quite busy. we are seeing traffic backing up almost to the skyway area. you will have brake lights as you head into the city. this is due to a crash south bound 101 near caesar chavez. chp mentioned they may issue a traffic alert. it looks like they may not as they try to clear the road way. we will keep a close eye on the bay bridge because of the back up to see if it will cause

north bay, low to mid 70s. around the bay, 60s, 64 san francisco, upper 60s in oakland, peninsula, 78 in red wood city and with the cloud cover, cool conditions with the afternoon sea breeze along the coast in the low 60s this afternoon. we will heat things up as we look to the end of the week. details are coming up in a few minutes. >>> good morning. if you are headed towards altamont pass it is the usual stuff for a monday commute. we are seeing brake lights already out of tracy west bound 205 onto 580 with your travel time about 34 minutes to go from the area towards the dublin interchange. keep in mind there is a high wind advisory for altamont pass. that was issued by chp. be careful as you travel through. the rest of our freeways are good. if you are up early taking the east shore freeway, give yourself 14 minutes highway 4 to the maze. san jose to sfo, 36 minutes. first live look at the san mateo bridge, traffic is moving at the limit in both directions. west bound toward foster city, 12 minutes between 8

yellows that indicates very unhealthy air quality in the santa cruz mountains around noon and the north bay moving into the east bay and tri-valley and it continues into this evening as well as tomorrow. it looks like we are going to see thicker amounts of smoke and unhealthy air quality moving in with these fires that do continue. a lot of them out of control at this point. we are going to see a lot of changes with the shifting winds gusting in the north bay this morning. more on that and the red flag warning coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. you saw the caldor fire on kari's map, east of sacramento, the town there now empty because the caldor fire has grown to more than 6,000 acres. it wiped out the community of grizzly flats. people who live there say they lost everything including a post office and a school. firefighters say two people suffered serious injuries while trying to get out. mandatory evacuation orders are still in effect for surrounding communitying poly pines. the cause of the fire not known. >> homes near susanville threatened by the dixie wildfire. these images sh

north bay and east bay doing the worst. in smoke forecast through tonight, 5:00 p.m., smoke over the north bay, east bay, some moving to the south bay, then tonight we are expect the fog to pick up. watch what happens, this heavier smoke should push off east. we'll take you through the weekend smoke forecast and temps in about eight minutes. >>> go back outside to tokyo. olympic cauldron still burning as we count down the final days of the olympic games. american team of april ross and stanford's alix klineman, first gold for u.s. since 2012. and women's volleyball beats serbia. and stanford's grant fisher finished ninth in the 5,000 meter men's event. >> it's off the field moments we remember after the games end. >> sharing the best of the moments. look back at some of the most memorable like this one. who is going to ferret this? not for long time. australian swim coach goes wild after his swimmer titmus defeats ledecky. he said this was ve years of ha. he really wanted to jump tokyo symbolizes sportsmanship that shines i

the coastline, you're probably not going to get surface smoke as much as people who live in the north bay or inland east bay. let's take a look at how our conditions are doing. i want to turn your attention to not this little spider, whatever this may be, but the clouds and the orange hue. it is the sun starting to come up but you may notice a little bit more of those orange glows because of the hazy conditions. we're waking up to 50s and 60s, so definitely a mild start but that smoke advisory is in effect this weekend because of those unhealthy air-conditions, so i'll talk about that coming up in just a few minutes. >> we'll see you then. >>> alaska still experiencing after shocks following a 6.9 earthquake centered near the aleutian islands 800 miles from anchorage. it struck a little before 4:00 a.m. no tsunami warning is in place. our seismograph picked up the quake from the bay area, and 30 minutes later, a 7.2 earthquake hit haiti triggering a tsunami threat. we're waiting to learn if there's been any damage or injuries reported. >>> well, we start this morning with a rare story out

the north bay mountains, east bay hills and diablo range. we have seen them. strong, gusty, informationerly winds, down to about ten to 15% as we go through the day. we could see a second burst of off shore winds tonight into tomorrow. that could mean that red flag warning gets extended into tomorrow. we will watch that closely for you. let talk about the air quality. this morning good to moderate it. will get worse through the day. moderate for the coast and the peninsula. unhealthy air for sensitive groups for the north bay, east bay and the south bay. the air quality as we and through the day. thursday into friday. the stronger sea breeze kicking in and that will help the air quality for saturday and sunday. sunrise at 6:28. daytime highs for the peninsula. upper 70's to low 80's. about 80 for santa clara and for san jose. for the south bay, inland east bay 90 concord, upper 80's for the tri valley. around the bay upper 60's, mid- 70s oakland and upper 70's to the north bay. 90's in lake port and clear lake. for san jose we are going to be dealing that haze

the north bay in the east bay. also affected until 03:00pm today.for current temperatures right now in the 50's and 60's anticipate a fairly warm afternoon around the corner and also look forward to some air quality impacts later on today as well. more on your forecast is still to come. first, though, on over to the roads with rain all over to the roads, don down here in the south bay. >> we have an accident southbound at broke all road. and we are seeing some delays as a result of that along 8.80 no major issues along 6.80 as a traveling adjacent to that or one oh, one heading into the city trgffic picking up a little under 16 minutes starting to build over that overpass. 5, 1880 also pretty slow as you're traveling right now at this hour, the san mateo bridge and across towards the peninsula. you can make that drive and a little under 15 minutes checking on some slower highways highway for 48 minutes traveling from antioch to concord to 42 like i just mentioned as you're traveling crockett down towards the maze. will take you 30 minutes to make th

north bay is unhealthy. also the east bay and south bay. as we bring you into the smoke forecast, there is a lot of colors on this map, i know, but illustrates what is happening. legend at top, once you get into orange and red, that's unhealthy air. then the time bar here. 8:00 in the morning, smoke over the north bay, east bay and south bay. really little to know change as we roll through the afternoon. you can see it, sticks around. through tomorrow night. even friday at this point i think will be similar, the way the wind pattern is setting up. but looking ahead tonight, i'm scouring every single layer to see when we could get some adjustments in the atmosphere to help get the smoke out of here. next thing i'm keying in on, saturday night and sunday going to be a system passing north. this could bring more wind to the mountains, highest peaks. other thing could do once it exits saturday night into sunday, push that smoke more east. that's based on the fire behavior, if the fires get worse, this would be off the table for us. but some pro

we are looking at the north bay mountains, east bay hills under that red flag warning. the areas highlighted in red. relative humidity down to ten to 15%. very dry air with those record dry fuel vegetation and brush and with that a big concern. with the northerly winds it'll transport and push a lot of smoke into the region. widespread smoke expected. we are looking at temperatures seasonal for this time of year. >>> thousands of people here in the bay area are waking up in the dark this morning. pg&e shut off their power because of that high fire danger. >> and we did just get the update about 20 minutes ago and they expect to get the all clear later today. >> that's good news. here is a look at the latest outage numbers. most in napa. 6,000 customers followed by sonoma and solano. pg&e had issues powering up it's back up m ib ro grid. >> now a mobile home park for seniors is in the dark. >> i have to have power so i don't sleep without that. i'm basically up all night. >> it's disappointing. this will make a big difference. >> the generator provides power to roughly 1

for inland locations north bay, east bay, south bay and especially the north bay you will see hazy skies in the mid to upper levels of the atmosphere, some of the smoke, patches at times can drift to the surface. you might smell it a bit. for the most part we are looking at the haze or smoke in the mid to upper levels of our atmosphere. as we go through our day it will be a warm one. daytime highs will be above average, 80s and 90s inland. around the bay upper 60s to upper 70s with clearing. we'll talk more about the weekend forecast coming up. >>> if you are ready to take 101, look at this. this escalated quickly. this is 101 near caesar chavez. apparently a crash involving two vehicles south bound with the fast lane blocked and traffic is definitely backing up. we are seeing slow and go speeds south bound 101. you can use 280 as an alternate. it's not the commute direction so hopefully it won't be too bad. travel times, so far so good along the areas of snohomish shore freeway, highway 4, 101. altamont a little slow as you work out of tracy. >>> alameda ramping up push for residents to

we have air quality advisory for north bay and east bay due to the haze but we should see improving air quality through our day. it's going to be a hot day inland, highs in 80s and 90s, 98 concord, 95 livermore, 80s to 90s for the north bay. to m70s, clearing through w our day. a cool day at the coast in the low to mid 60s this afternoon. let's check with gianna for a look at traffic. >>> we have a couple things to look for. two separate crashes. off ramp blocked. south bound 101 at the south bound 87 connector. it's on the shoulder. that's good news. but we will see brake lights if that sticks around longer than anticipated. it's still early, not a lot of volume on the road way. so far so good, east shore, highway 4. near 87, you have that trouble spot as you work your way through. bay bridge toll plaza, no delays, traffic quiet into san francisco. >>> thounds more students and teachers across the bay area are starting school today in san francisco. public school kids will be back inside the classroom for the first time in 18 months. >> as betty yu reports, there are lots of nerves and

tomorrow, north bay and east bay. for the most part with our smoke concentration at the surface, looks like most of us will be in the moderate range for the air quality. highs across peninsula, upper 70s to low to mid 80s for the south bay. inland east bay, 93 concord pleasant hill, around the bay 67 san francisco, 74 oakland, north bay, upper 70s to lower 80s this afternoon. ukiah has a heat advisory in effect. inland east bay, heating up for our weekend, the north bay as well, upper 80s to about 90 and low to mid 60s at the coast. let's check in with g. >>> so far, so good. let's get a look at conditions as you work into the altamont pass. usual stuff but no accidents or major incidents. if you are getting onto 580 you will know what to expect with travel time about 31 minutes west bound from 205 towards 680. once you are passed those brake lights things improve a bit as you head towards dublin interchange. approaching 680, head lights west bound. you can see the extra volume but again just 31 minutes so far. 14 min

upper 70s to lower to mid 80s for the north bay. 90s for clear lake. you can see temperatures on the rise as we look to the weekend. inland east bay, that triple digits heat for saturday and sunday. north bay, mid to upper 90s for the weekend and 60s at the coast. >> we are monitoring this trouble spot on north bound 101. it looks like it is clearing to the shoulder. delays have eased up. we are not seeing that yolo low we saw a few minutes ago. it is out there, maybe to the side of the roadway. overall a pri light commute as you head through the south bay. checking traffic into the altamont pass, the wind advisory is in effect for the altamont pass. we are tracking brake lights off the 205 and 580 connector getting on to 580. it extends past that point. travel times, 32 minutes to go from 205 to 680. travel times on 80 towards the maze, right now taking 14 minutes. at the bay bridge they turned the metering lights on but we are not seeing a big back up at the toll plaza. things a little crowded across the upper deck in to san francisco. eight et zero l

for north bay, parts of the north bay you might see more smoke.ing this closely for you. it will be another hot day inland though

still 70s in north bay but things will be trending warmer second half of the week. hour by hour. morning, some settling back into the bay area. winds northwest down the coast, helping to push some into the north bay. trend is going to be interesting tomorrow, increasing smoke as we get into the evening hours, especially for areas north of san francisco. tuesday, slight cooldown brought on by stronger sea breeze, may get reprieve like the pattern for the weekend. push smoke out. good news here but we'll have to watch ongoing fires. monument fire in northwestern california, dixie fire and caldor fire, could get more wind and activity. storms approaching pacific northwest, not close enough to bring us rain but see high pressure build behind the storm, temperatures heat up inland, more smoke for sierra and warmer bay side as well. extended outlook for concord, friday and saturday, chance of upper 90s. livermore, similar trend end of the week into next weekend. hot inland. napa, also 90s end of the week but oakland, little bit of a different story. not as warm, 80s by end

with very little containment and we are seeing some spots getting some improvement today in the north bay. you will have a chance to breathe some fresher air as well as parts of the south bay. moderate air quality for the coast and the bayp, the east bay and santa clara valley. there will be drifts of smoke coming in, but much of that smoke is now moving off to the east towards tahoe as it continues to burn over sierra and the coast is looking better today as well as the north bay. we're going to be watching this. a slight shift in the wind direction could change our air quality. we're going to see that as we head through the week as our temperatures warm up. more on that in a few minutes. >> the caldor fire in el dorado county it is the top priority. the fires jumped highway 50, closing in on lake tahoe. fire officials worry changing winds and bone dry vegetation could create a nightmare situation for the tahoe region. the fire has already displaced about 25,000 people and destroyed more than 600 homes. >> obviously like i knew there was fire risk in the area and mountains but i didn't e

does show moderate and even unhealthy for sensitive groups category showing up for ports of the north bay and inland in the east bay, mostly in the higher elevations. the worst air quality is going to be tomorrow, sunday still some spots in that moderates category, but if you do have air quality issues in your neighborhood and you're sensitive to those problems, breathing difficulties, severe asthma or emphysema, you want to keep the windows closed and avoid sucking any of the air into that house. just some surface level smoke trying to make its way in. we'll take a look at the air quality forecast going into next wee few tes. >>> gunfire this afternoon near a high school in oakland. police say shots were fired just before 3:30 this afternoon near oakland tech. bulletings re found in that area, but there are no reports of any injuries or any damage, and it's unclear if anybody has been arrested. we have learned that a 14-month- old baby was injured in a shooting in richmond. that shooting happened on shane drive about 5:00 p.m. yesterday. police say that a stray bullet grazed the baby's s

these are some of the areas that are under that red flag warning. >> that includes the interior north bay mountains and east bay hills. you'll also see that conquered and fremont are also shaded in red and these are all areas where anything can easily ignite a fire that can spread quickly. now the national weather service says the conditions are dry and windy and because of this, whether the city has closed off open spaces like new hall park. the city says they're also closing line ridge open space. thus it specifically the parking lots at treat boulevard and monta drive you'll see in this video that much of that area is covered in dried vegetation, which doesn't mix well with low humidity and gusty winds. now city leaders have talked with contra. costa county firefighters. they say this is in the best interest of the public and protecting in natural environment, but also something to note pg and e has turned off power in several parts of the bay area to prevent any wildfires as about an hour ago, there were 15 people including without electricity and another 5 in pleasant hill that red f

that includes the interior north bay mountains and the east bay hills. some parts of conquered in fremont are also shaded in red and these are all areas where anything can easy. we easily ignite a fire that can spread quickly. >> today's forecast is dry and windy and this has forced cochran city leaders to block off new hall park where currently at the area is surrounded by dry vegetation at residential homes which doesn't mix well with low humidity and gusty winds. city leaders also say they are closing off line ridge open space specifically the parking lots at treat boulevard and monta drive. the decision comes after talking with contra. costa county firefighters. they all agree this protects the public and the parks. but something else, you know, is that pg and e has turned off power to prevent any wildfires. and this is also in contra, costa county as of this morning there are about 15 people without electricity and that flag warning is in effect until 3 this afternoon. the city of ca good says that they will taking off the spence's and allowing peop

as we head through friday, we will continue with the smoke and really watching north bay, east bay, and south bay. this is our smoke concentration forecast profiling all levels of the atmosphere, not just at the surface but also the upper levels. you can still see that for today and tomorrow. through the weekend, we will start to see clearing eventually as we go through saturday and for sunday. we have that to look forward to. daytime highs for the peninsula, upper 70s this afternoon, 79 in santa clara, san jose, mid 80s for morgan hill and los gatos. 85 concord, pleasant hill, mid 80s for tri valley later today. around the bay from 66 in san francisco, 65 daly city, low 70s alameda and oakland, east bay shoreline and north bay, highs in mid to upper 70s to low 80s. that haze will limit temperatures from rising too much as we head through our afternoon and looking at 92 in ukiah. the seven-day forecast from san francisco and oakland, looking at the haze that continues for tomorrow and for san jose, smoky skies today and tomorrow and eventually seeing the skies clear inland as we look to

around the bay 69, close to 70 in san francisco, 77 alameda, oakland, north bay. re talking 80s and 90s later today. a high of 90 in santa rosa and ukiah topping out at 96. extended seven-day forecast around the bay, san francisco, oakland we will cool it down a bit as we look to our weekend and early next week and for san jose, temperatures in the mid 80s today and tomorrow and then dropping down to the low 80s for sunday and early next week. inland east bay, temperatures in the 90s for saturday, dropping to the 80s starting on sunday and into monday. as we look to the north bay, low 90s today, mid 80s tomorrow, low 80s sunday and monday and low to mid 60s at the coast. >>> is it friday light out there? >> in some spots. things are good on 101. 580 is not bad, pretty light, 26 minutes 205 towards 680. a hiccough as you work your way west bound from the 205, 580 connector. i would say it is friday light as you work into the altamont pass. head lights working west bound. you always have a lot of cars but now speeds for the most part are moving at the limit. checking

you can see most of the outages are in the north bay in sonoma and napa county. these public safety power shut-offs come as a red flag warning is currently in effect for the east bay hills and north bay mountains. and these power shut offs are an attempt to prevent what's happening in eldorado county where there is currently a wildfire that's burning out of control. it's about 60 miles east of sacramento. the caldor fire has exploded in size. last time we checked grown to about 30,000 acres. there. there's still no containment and at least 6,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes. are we cheddar has been tracking that. she brings us the very latest this morning. >> it's great to see the those might be a 1000 feet tall. >> well, that far over 4 miles away. huge flames can be seen from miles away as the caldor fire continues to burn. locals could only stop and watch as the fire was destroying what they've known as home for years, dana from jackson has taken her children to enjoy camping in the pipe. i it's scary and it's it's sad. i mean. >> our home spor

again we could see haze especially for north bay and east bay.day, stopping the clock at 7:00 p.m., you see that ocean breeze pushing that haze out of here. really good news as we go through the rest of today. we are going to see sunshine inland and for parts of the bay and even some locations along the coast and as we head through tonight into tomorrow, marine stratus moves back in for cooler temperatures for your tuesday. daytime highs for peninsula, upper 70s to low to mid 80s. as we look to the south bay, mid 80s santa clara, san jose. 93 morgan hill. inland east bay, some of the hottest locations, upper 90s to triple digit heat. 100 antioch, 103 in brentwood later today. around the bay upper 60s in san francisco, mid 70s oakland. north bay, mid to upper 80s to low 90s this afternoon and topping out in the triple digits ukiah and clear lake. for your tuesday, san jose you will be in the 70s tomorrow. inland east bay a ten degree drop for tomorrow, upper 90s to upper 80s. we are talking low to mid 60s at the coast for the next several days. 88

maybe in the far north bay north of calistoga up by the healdsburg area for us, though i think we'reo be in a situation where we come to recipients of a lot of that smoke tomorrow because that north wind the winds are going to shift. they're gonna start coming north. and they're going to scoop up so north wind does this right? it comes down like this, so it's going to scoop up the smoke from these fires and drag him down and drag it down right over the top of us, and so we expect to see that in here by tomorrow. in the meantime, we're going to have micro climates in the bay area about where they were today so low to mid seventies around the bay, upper seventies low eighties and places like morocco and walnut creek and then upper eighties and low nineties in the hotspots, so kind of pleasant for the most part 91 degrees. is in antioch tomorrow forecast 89 liver more and then the five day forecast. this looks good. good i mean, the temperatures are stand little bit cooler, but the thing to get ready for is that smoke? i think we're gonna see it through, probably thursday or friday of t

this isn't ground level, the stuff we have to breathe making its way into the north bay and inland in the east bay. this is especially going to elevations because as you go up you're farther up in the atmosphere and that's where more of that smoke is concentrated. the worst air quality we are going to see could be tipping into the unhealthy for sensitive groups agree for the north bay and east bay on saturday afternoon. but things should gradually start to improve. it's going to be a slow process. there are going to be some areas that see some surface level smoke on monday. that's going to be in the very highest elevations of northern napa county and northern sonoma county and some of the higher elevations of the diablo range as well. we check out the four-day air quality forecast that takes us through tuesday coming up in the full forecast. >>> apple finally addressing how it plans to keep a homeless encampment on its property from exploding in size. kpix 5 's kiet do live in san jose with the million-dollar plan to get the homeless individuals off the street. >> we were the first to

people who live in the north bay and east bay are going to feel it the most, remember if you smell smoke, stay inside with your windows and doors closed. with more on that, the clearness. >> the smoke tomorrow is going to be isolated to the north bay and it does not look like anything closer than what we went through last week. that's some good news, it is going to be something we have to contend with on and off here with these wildfires burning off to the north. again, marin, napa and sonoma county would have that best chance of smoke. the weather patpattern, the isolated heat in land and we have this low pressure to the south that's pumping up thunderstorms, south of the bay area, also a little bit of a humidity as well. the other thing we are watching as we are heading tomorrow is tropical storm kevin. this is moving off towards the west, we are looking at some of that humidity also factoring in. all and all, more heat tomorrow. the thunderstorms are tracking off to the south. our chance remains low right now. i have to tell you, seeing thunderstorms this close, we are certainly going

the north bay and the east bay. we will be heating up and we'll be watching our inland heat as well as the fire danger. as far as our air quality and what we're going to see today, one again, good air quality for the south bay but elsewhere it's above that 50 mark that we look at as far as the measure of particulate matter and that means there will be some smoke moving in and it may affect people who are sensor sensitive to the smoke. the warming temperatures in the forecast that's coming up a little bit later. >>> just in, chp investigating a shooting on a vallejo freeway that sent a woman to the hospital. video shows the victim's car full of bullet holes. police says the shooting happened at 11:00 last night, the victim westbound on 80 near highway 37. the chp says the victim was awake and talking when taken to the hospital but otherwise no word on her condition right now. police have not released a description of the suspect or the car they were in. >>> turning to the pandemic, the fda is expected to grant full a

we're still watching air quality improve for the north bay as well as the south bay. but still looking hazy as our air quality advisory continues. a look at that warmer temperatures and how your fashion choices could impact your carbon footprint coming up. >> fashion kind of matches with the color tone over here at the golden gate bridge and the reddish orange and flashing lights. that's ha i'm looking at. they're moving the center divide. they moved that center divide, ready for the morning commute coming toward us. we'll show you where that commute is starting to build as well coming up. >> good morning. happy tuesday. video game maker banedy namco is leaving the bay area and will head to southern california. one of several moved headquarters or to give up the idea of headquarters altogether. >>> new report from dice says even as companies stay away from the office they're hiring. san jose tech hiring up 13%, san francisco up 4%. this is quarter over quarter. from the start of the year until now, we can see other regions going growing as well. denver up 17%, richmon

moderate air quality for the bay area for north bay and east bay, if you live there, you could see hazy skies aloft in upper levels of the atmosphere but should not see that settle down to the surface. let's check with gianna for a look at traffic and those slippery roadways. >>> windshield wipers needed. just opened lanes west bound 80 near treasure island. we had a crash there blocking several lanes. tow crews just getting them off the bridge there. we are seeing all the red, so the bay bridge is really backed up. give yourself 20 minutes from the maze into san francisco. we have that trickle effect off of west bound 580 and west bound 80 as well. there is still a crash west bound near abernathy with at least one lane blocked. that ride out of fairfield has been tough with speeds dipping down to eight miles per hour. >>> cdc is warning of possibly over 2 million covid-19 cases over the past month. ú>> you pr who have caught it recently even if they're vaccinated. positivity rate has hit 7% wednesday. >>> vaccination rates are rising statewide and across u.s. is it enough to fight the

for north bay, parts of the north bay you might see more smoke. we are watching this closely for you. it will be another hot day inland though not as hot as yesterday. low to mid 60s at the coast. let's check with gianna. >>> we've got a lot going on. give yourself extra time especially on 80 east bound near 505. they are on scene there, investigation underway into a deadly crash. they've issued traffic alert with all lanes shut down and traffic diverted off at 505 and orange. stick with alternates. once you are past all that, new brake lights west bound 80. two lanes blocked for a crash. it looks like a couple crashes reported in the area, slow and go as you head through. another traffic alert south 680 at mission boulevard. the off ramp is blocked, not affecting main lines of 680. we'll let you know if it changes. >>> at the live news desk, new, police in san jose investigating a fatal crash. it happened just before midnight on center road and capital stress way in south san jose. the investigation has been going on for several hours. at this po

way in our seven-day forecast coming up in 12 minutes. >> all right, rob, thank you. >>> in the north bay -- in the east bay, people really noticing the haze. nbc bay area's christie smith continues our coverage. >> reporter: hikers in the area say they aren't smelling it, but they do see it. hazy skies in the distance, particularly in the hills. and they wonder how long it might go on. patty roberts went for a hike today in concord. in the distance, the lingering smoke was unmistakable. >> it's fine. but then when you get up on the ridges up high and you look towards like mount diablo and other that way, it's pretty hazy. >> reporter: she did not smell smoke at lime ridge open space, but the heat was on, and she has seen these conditions recently. smoke drifting from northern california and oregon fires. >> most of the smoke that we're seeing is visual impact. so a lot of it is aloft. it's not at the ground level. we are expecting moderate air quality for the majority of the bay area. >> reporter: walter wallace is with the bay area quality management district which extended the air qual

north bay, a lot of folks clustering as the crash was reported for north bay 101 north of our camera. it's not presenting much of a disturbance. a blip as you pass by. be prepared for slowing and clearing by the time you pass by mckee. the rest of the bay, a nice easy drive. the other note for the south bay, going to the niners game you will see signs on 237 and 101 about a stadium event tomorrow afternoon. if you are planning on taking the light rail like you used to can't do it right now. no light rail service. the bay bridge toll plaza has an easy drive even though the metering lights are on. we haven't seen a backup at the toll plaza. back to you. >> thanks. >>> backing down, coming up next on "today in the bay," developments in brittney spears' conservatorship case. >>> was it a super spreader event? hundreds of cases confirmed, why health officials say it was still a success. we'll be right back. 6:20. . >>> today new york governor andrew cuomo faces an impeachment dead line. he's supposed to hand over evidence for statements in the defense to the state assembly committee. cuomo

dipping into the unhealthy for sensitive groups for the north bay and inland in the east bay by friday more across the board on saturday. forecast data indicates the ground level smoke will have more of an impact in the pay area. i will show you that information coming up in the full forecast. >>> it is okay once you get passed that. >>> this is the video from inside the dixie fire that covers nearly 430 square miles in butte county. it has been burning for three weeks and it is still just 35% contained. thousands are under evacuation orders including local photographer jake edwards, he kept his camera handy as he left his home on the shores of the lake. >> it has been like a month. it feels like it has been a year. we have just been under stress of having to evacuate. >>> aggressive new wildfire evacuation plan being rolled out for residents of the berkeley hills, getting out down those narrow windy streets could become a problem if a wildfire took hold very quickly. so, the message tonight is get out even before a fire sparks and city officials want people to stay elsewhere during ex

also in the north bay too.expect this to be upgraded to a red flag warning marching through the system coming through here is this front that will do the lifting mechanism to provide a little bit of drizzle tonight maybe early tomorrow morning with some fog coming as well in the back side, we get the offshore winds and boy, the marine layer goes bye-bye. here it is in the 7 day forecast temperatures fall. 87 for tomorrow will stay about 90 ish or so as we get into the middle of the week. but what we will be watching certainly are those offshore winds. potentially could pose a problem. >> can i ask you a little bit more about the drizzle. so where is that drizzle going to be mostly it's going to be in the south of will be in the santa cruz mountains. also a little to the east bay shoreline in those higher elevations like mount hamilton or so. but not anything profound. just it just kind of an addendum to the forecast a and then when does the winds calm. we're talking about pg need winds. we're talking about. tha

moderate from the coast and peninsula but unhealthy in the north bay and east bay. let's check in with gianna on this friday morning. >>> it's looking good. most of the bay area bridges are quiet. it is friday night on the san mateo bridge. traffic is moving at a really nice pace. if you're headed westbound, right now looking at a 13- minute commute from 880 over to 101. nine minutes from the maize over into the city. no delays on the san rafael bridge. making your way to novato down to the golden gate, give yourself eight minutes. >>> i'm anne makovec at the live news desk. taking a live look at afghanistan as evacuation flights continue today, very tense situation. obviously, we just heard from the white house over the past 24 hours. 12,500 people have been evacuated from the country. as of this morning, the crowd is as large as ever. dozens of taliban members are responsible for security there. today we could learn the names of the 13 american service members killed in a pair of suicide bombings in kabul yesterday, just about 24 hours ago. that terror attack targ

the latest ones want to bring in by late tonight, early tomorrow morning, especially in the north bay and parts of the east bay then kind of moving across the rest, the bay, i think a very hazy day tomorrow. if you're somebody that has some lung conditions or susceptible to smoke at the you got to be prepared for tomorrow. stay indoors. if you can't shut the windows. i think we'll see a lot of smoke place that we haven't seen it so far this season. yes, of these masks will come in handy. i think so yeah, thanks, lex. as chaos continues to unfold in afghanistan. top military officials say that the u.s. is working to increase the number of people. >> being evacuated from the country. it's a mad rush right now kron four's, washington correspondent reshad hudson reports. >> good evening. the pentagon says the goal is to have a point in leaving afghanistan every hour with americans and afghan allies for the next 24 hours for their safety. pentagon officials say the taliban is not getting in the way of their efforts to get americans and afghan allies safely out of afghanistan. >> there's be

north bay, the east bay and parts of the south bay.ou can see in the lower elevations, not as gusty. this starts tomorrow night and goes through wednesday morning. the other thing we'll talk more about is that smoke moving through northern california and when we see the return to the bay area, possibly with bigger smoke. i'll be back in about eight minutes. >>> new at 11:00, the california department of public health announcing this evening that it will require hospitals across the state to accept transfer patients from facilities with limited icu capacity. it comes during an increase in covid hospitalizations and icu patients due to the delta variant. as of today, more than 7100 people are hospitalized due to covid. last year's summer surge peaked people hospitalized with covid back in january. >>> and a bumpy start for the school year in oakland. covid outbreaks have forced the temporary closure of two classrooms. one is at oakland high school. the other at montclair elementary. both classes are now in home quarantine for two weeks.

tomorrow afternoon, a few spots in the higher north bay. it will be confined to those very highest spots. same thing on saturday. same trouble spots. the worst air quality will be in the moderate category, no spare the air alerts, most of us uneffected by it but you will notice the haze but not the bright skies clean up the atmosphere. tell happen as we head into next week. we will take a look at that coming up in a few minutes. >>> new at 11:00, struggling businesses hit with lawsuits they insist are bogus. the man files the suits a california attorney wee to the tonight. >> reporter: this restaurant, one of many balances along the peninsula slapped with an americans against disability lawsuit by a plan who business owners believe never visited them in the first place. >> we just came out on the other end. >> reporter: after likely the most difficult year since opening in 2005, tony says the restaurant survived the pandemic's lockdown. >> got crashed by this thing and we don't know what to do. >> reporter: to be hit with another financial

the north bay mountains, east bay hills, diablo range under that red flag warning. gusty northerly to northeasterly winds. not just that high fire danger but the northerly winds will be pushing that smoke into the bay area. we are looking at our air quality getting worse as we head through today and for tomorrow. checking our daytime highs. seasonal for this time of year. upper 60's in san francisco, mid-70s in oakland, 80 in san jose and 90 for concord. we will talk more about our critical fire weather conditions as well as our air quality coming up. >>> let's start with a look at conditions in to the pass this morning. mary just mentioning the winds. chp has issued a wind advisory for the pass. if you are traveling in a high profile vehicle things a little gusty so just be extra careful. your travel time right now 27 minutes to go from 205 toward 680. no delays once you are on 680 itself and the rest of the major freeways are showing green on the travel times so that's good news if you are up early taking 80. highway 4 or 101. no delays now at the bay bridge toll

mainly in the north bay in the east bay.oastline to likely see some of that haze out there that will continue as we head toward tomorrow. now by late in the day. probably to get a little bit of a sea breeze and that might bring some relief the smoke at least along the coastline. but you see all the areas in orange around much of the bay area. we're talking about that smoke kind of settling in making for some very hazy conditions. if you're susceptible to some of the smoke have some lung issues. make sure you stay inside and keep those windows and doors shut high pressure building in this. the first offshore wind event of the season. use have low come by that trough picks. he's high pressure builds in behind it. that's when we get the strong gusty winds likely to see this play out again and again. this just the first of the season so far. we've got a long way to go and the only thing then fire season is a good who knows when that comes. all right, lawrence, thank you. right now, kron 4 dot com. you can find tips for fire seas

are looking at moderate air quality for the coast, peninsula, unhealthy for sensitive groups for north bay, santa clara valley, east bay. at the surface, you see a lot of yellow, orange, red. that does indicate those smoky skies still for our region. we are looking at temperatures because of the haze, because of that smoke below average. cool once again, mid 60s in san francisco, upper 70s in san jose, mid 80s for concord. we will talk about what you can expect and when we will see better air quality coming up. let's check with gianna. >>> a first look at the roadways on this thursday, if you are ready to head out and take the altamont pass we have brake lights building out of tracy, west bound onto 580. it's usual stuff for super commuters. we have a high wind advisory in effect. altamont pass, things may have a little gusty especially in a larger vehicle. if you have an early start and you are taking east shore freeway, highway 4, 101 out of san jose, we are not seeing issues or problems. a quick live look at the bay bridge, traffic is quiet for that ride into san francisco. >>> fire cre

up in the north bay. has joined 7 other bay area counties and mandating mask wearing and businesses that's regardless of vaccination status 75% of napa county residents are fully vaccinated right now. but there is a troubling spike in hospitalizations up that way. threatening hospital capacity. local health officials believe combining mask-wearing with the vaccination rates will help avoid future lockdowns and new restrictions. >> definitely want to close down. have on this is just. >> don't think public. >> so i mean, i think if we'd be a below considered stop being so selfish it will, you know, make some headway. >> meantime, the only bay area county not requiring people to wear masks indoors is solano county health officials there do not believe it's necessary at this point. happening today. the california republican party is expected to announce who it will endorse and the upcoming recall election of governor -pgavin newsome, the california rnc committee chair committeewoman harmeet dhillon urged the

at this point what i anticipate is inland in the east bay in north bay will dip into the unhealthy for sensitive groups category and tomorrow and again on saturday with the rest of the bay area in the moderate category but then things will approve and improve rapidly and sunday we should see moderate to good air quality and good across the board on monday as the onshore breeze will strengthen and scrub the atmosphere clean of the smoke that will try to move in over the next few days so we will keep a close eye on that but looking outside it is not smoke but fog and it was stubborn throughout the day but it cleared out long enough for temperatures to reach the low 60s in san francisco but d d a rosa low 80s right now and in concord the fog had an impact on temperatures today especially further inland and a few degrees cooler for san jose and actually a few degrees warmer for the north bay and temperatures 6 degrees or 7 degrees cooler for livermore and concord and tomorrow everybody will be significantly warmer because of the change in wind direction that will bring the smoke toward us

north bay mid-80s this mid-90s. ukiah lake and mendocino counties under an advisory. warming up to 90 degrees in the south bay. inland east bay gets hotter, continuing with the smoke. north bay mid-90s with smoky skies and hazy along the coast. let's check in with gianna. >>> this is a new trouble spot near hosteter road. we're still moving at an okay pace but we'll keep a close eye on that in case anything changes. it's certainly friday lights a you work your way through there. if you're headed into the altamont pass, its a doing okay. a bit beyond grant line but only 33 minutes for your travel time, 205 to 680. if you're headed toward the dublin interchange, there's a wind advisory for the altamont pass. if you're taking westbound 80 to the maze, it's okay. connecting through hercules that will only stake you 27 minutes. no metering lights. only eight minutes for your drive over into san francisco. your 880 approach looks good. starting to see a few extra lights. you're seeing a few brake lights working through the collie see yum. overall a pretty good drive through

north bay temperatures, 91 in nevada. the east bay, 77. hot inland. 98 in concord. 100 in fairfield. the accuweather seven-day forecast, the heat continues. the good thing is -- comfortable at the coast and then cooling early next week, so overall, inland areas will be the only places dealing with the hot weather. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google, turn up the heat. ♪ ♪ ♪ receive a chargepoint home flex charger or a public charging credit. see your volvo retailer for details. people were afraid i was contagious. i felt gross. it was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. four years clear. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections —some serious— and the lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms, or if you've had a vaccine or plan to. tell your doctor if your crohn's disease symptoms develop or worsen. serious allergic reactions may occur. learn more at cosentyx.c

europe, just the stuff we have to prepare a good handle on today's pattern indicates much of the north bay into the east bay down into the santa clara valley, we want the clock forward, decided tomorrow, it doesn't change a lot. yellow indicates moderate air quality closer to the water, orange and red indicating unhealthy with the two categories especially in with the north bay and the east bay and sinclair valley. hugh need to come if you're in a sensitive group if you're from a disease or emphysema you want to stay inside and make sure you are stocked up on medication and treatment strategies. everybody else, you want to keep the windows and doors closed, outdoor activities, don't plan on running outside the next couple of days. anything that takes you outside for work, you want to take plenty of bricks and try to limit how hard you are exerting yourself because the air quality you may not notice from the smell, it can have it affected you, it kind of wears you down the longer it is a place that it will be with us always through writing. there are signs maybe things will improve as we ha

the fire weather watch in effect for the north bay mount apes and the east bay hill goes into effect in the evening untiles on wednesday. within this we are concerned about the northern half of the northern half of the county. driest conditions, overnight and early morning hours below 20%, winds sustained. 20-30 miles off shore winds gusting up to 50 miles an hour and future cast showing the fire threat from 0-10. we tonight to be as low as possible and this is normal to see answers, this bull's-eye here in napa county and solano county where the fire threat will be elevated late tomorrow night into wednesday morning. even if we avoid any getting started we will be concerned about air quality tracking that in the full forecast. >> all right, paul. thank you. >>> tonight, dixie fire evacuation warnings have been upgraded to orders for the town of janesville. they shared the photos of a plume of smoke approaching the area west of highway 395. the dixie fire continues to grow tonight. harsh wind conditions are making it difficult for firecrews to put out the blaze. the dixie fire covers