pittsburgh in mr.eighborhood and not say it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. >> indeed. today, the sun is shining. it is a good day. >>> when you had me, what was your idea about racism with a black boy? >> i was very conscious about that. i remember when you were a little guy. six or seven years old. there was a drugstore near us that we would shop in. as soon as we walked in the door comedy store detective would follow us. i said, be really careful. i pointed out the store detective. because we are always being watched. >> i remember that lesson. it sticks with me today. so much so, i'm aware that when i am in stores as a fully grown adult, where my hands are. you know, as a kid, i was aware because i did not want to be arrested. and now it is because i do not want to be killed. the other thing i want to talk about is about how i did not think america would ever elect a black president. and then i remember you voted early because indiana had early voting. and then you flew out to san francisco

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> pittsburgh is a paradox.as steel town, usa, but the factories that gave it that name are mostly gone. it's a progressive liberal city, but in the heart of deep red western p.a. it's an industrial city, but also a booming intellectual and technology hub. it's america's most liveable city. one of the safest and most affordable cities. and the worst city in america for black people. wait, what? what in the name of pittsburgh's mr. rogers is going on? the paradox of a seven times higher infant mortality rate for black babies over white babies, or a safe, livable city versus the deadliest attack on jewish people in our nation's history at the tree of life synagogue means that in pittsburgh, like in america, the history and structure of white supremacy has us living two totally separate realities. you know, existing while black in pittsburgh is like starving to death while in the supermarket aisle. okay, i didn't come up with that. a friends of mine who is a great writer and a pittsburgh native did. >> what section

pittsburgh firefighters in pittsburgh having particularly busy, in fact, because firefighters and contra costa spent the night putting out a number of grass fires in the city of pittsburgh . they shared an image of the fairway fire burning off golf club drive. they say there were multiple fires in the same area. in total, roughly 11 acres burned, but no one injured and the fires were contained. after a few hours, we reached out to contra costa county fire to ask how those fires started. we'll let you know and while smoke from the fire burning in the delta near pittsburgh and be point continues to be a problem , an air quality advisory has been extended. at least through today. the fire has been burning in the marsh. since the end of may. contra costa county fire and the local water district are teaming up to pump water from the delta into the fire zone. county officials say they hope flooding the area will drown the members by the end of the week. fires has approximately 20,000 gallons of water per minute or flowing onto the site. right now people who live in a community near yosemite na

frustration flaring up in pittsburgh tonight over smoky fire smoldering for weeks now.rompted air quality advisory through tomorrow. why can't firefighters put it out? andrea nakano explains. >> reporter: the marsh fire flared up last week, bringing a lot of smoke into this neighborhood by the pittsburgh marina. residents are begging for the fire to be put out, but it has unique challenges. >> i actually was working from home today with all the air purifiers on, windows closed. it's horrible. really just in this area. >> reporter: residents in shoreline community have had to deal with heavy smoke and ashes raining down in their neighborhood. >> air to the point where it's unhealthy to breathe. very frustrating. lot of people i speak to, neighbors are very frustrated. >> reporter: even businesses in old town pittsburgh have seen a significant drop in customers. >> sad because it's our business. so we love the customers come in. you know? >> reporter: the marsh fire, started in late may at homeless encampment poses share of challenges. burning peat and moss, which burns i

it has been affecting pittsburgh with some of that figure smoke. right now, winds of 70 miles per hour, wind gusts up to about 25. continuing to blow any kind of smoke right here towards pittsburgh tomorrow, a hotter day, 94, also more wind gusts up to 25. firefighters will still have to watch any hotspots and the potential spread of this fire. we also wanted to bring you onto something else that we are following. the electra and washburn fire. the washburn fire is the one that is earning the most aggressively. it will be pushing smoke up towards tahoe and the sierra foothills. if you're headed that way, you want to watch out for the smoke. i will be back for a look at the bay area heat and where it gets close to 100 and about 15 minutes. >> thanks, jeff. >>> the fire at pittsburgh, sparked at the end of may and it has been reignited several times, nbc bay area , stephanie magallon spoke to several crews and there is reasons why this fire has been so tough to put out. >> reporter: even though forward progress has stopped and there is no threats to

again, you have to watch in around that a pittsburgh area. but for the most part, air quality looking great. now, we do have some fires burning again. this one located near lake herman. and you can see currently in pretty dry brush in and around this area. lot of places for to run. we're seeing a pretty strong wind as well in and around that area. some of those winds blowing over 20 miles per hour. you can see the winds gusting in benicia proper. 22 miles an hour coming out of southwest. that's the delta breeze. so that even though it's a strong breeze at this scaring some higher moisture content and that keeps the fire from running as fast. but that said, you're getting enough wind speed now and you get that dry brush. and that certainly could be an issue there. so we'll keep tracking the fire conditions there around there and around the rest, the bay area for the rest the night. guys, back to you. thank you, lawrence. coming up, a district divided why some parents are pushing against a new school district in a walnut creek neighborhood and

is a place, no one leaves pittsburgh. >> seth: yeah. >> they love living in pittsburgh they have great, thanks for being here." not more than that >> seth: yeah, i will say, you might not remember, the last time i saw you was on the set of "won't you be my neighbor? you were filming my dad is from pittsburgh, and he used to go and sit in the audience in that studio. because you filmed it in the exact studio >> at wqed >> seth: and we were lucky enough to stop by. and it was a real trip for me, but it was really -- it was special for him we really appreciated that >> that was a walk through the time-space continuum, on that one there, yeah. i don't know if i told this. you're in pittsburgh, and i'm going up the elevator. everybody knows where they're shooting the "mister rogers" movie, right and it's at the end of the day, i'm going up in the -- i'm in my sweats and stuff and a pittsburghian gets in the elevator, because there's a big, you know, rooftop wingding thing that's going on there where we are it's like, "you're tom hanks, aren't you?" said, "yeah, yeah. "how are ya? "how's fil

and we want to update you on the fire in pittsburgh.e has been burning for week, and it starred several weeks off of willow-pass road, but there were smoldering flames in a marsh, and there was hope that the rainy weather would help to control the fire, but now, confire has to take a different approach. >>ed a digitsal alarms were called to set up to prepare for the structure control in case it pushed for a different direction, and crews to keep it from jumping over into the residential direction. >> okay. to followup on that with the smoke coming off of that what you could think of as a grass fire out in the marshy weeds to the north of pittsburgh and right along the outskirts of the decommissioned pittsburgh power plant. so it is certainly reassuring to hear from confire, and they are on this fire. and they have been on this fire technically for weeks. they have thrown everything at it. they are feeling confident in the containment in general, and even if it is not out, but you cannot deny the fact that the smoke is going to catch a l

on camera in pittsburgh dion limb abc 7 news. after the break concerning new developments from the cdc regarding monkey pox were now learning of two children diagnosed with the virus including a toddler here in california plus a community gathering spot since the 1830s is getting a multi-million dollar renovation details of the plans and when construction will begin abc 7 news at 5 continues in a moment. a worrying announcement from the cdc today two children have now been diagnosed with monkeypox in the us. one of the cases is a toddler in california. the other is an infant who does not reside in the us health officials say the children likely got infected through household transmission, but the exact cause is still being investigated doctors say anyone who comes in contact with an infectious rash can catch box, although most cases have happened through sexual activity right now to an update on president biden's health one day after testing positive for covid. he continues to have mild symptoms but is continuing to work and toda

the smoke is affecting pittsburgh, antioch, oakley and brentwood.l from the marsh fire, which has been smoldering for about seven straight weeks in the wetlands. near pittsburgh and be point contra costa county fire crews have dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of water on the fire. this is a peat fire and the flames are burning in concentrated carbon from dead plants essentially smoldering deep in the soil. meantime cal fire tells us the fire burning in solano county is under control. now the herman fire is burning off lake herman road north of venetia. six smoke could be seen visible their sense if i started just before five o'clock yesterday. 115 acres burned before it was contained around one this morning. black cruise say they stopped the fire from spreading before it reached the venetia water treatment plant. having the air assets up in the air. they get a good birds eye view for us, but also they're being able to put water ahead of the fire to help slow it down so we can get crews in there to mop it up and stopped the forward progress. b

a six week old fire has been burning in pittsburgh, still smoldering.smoky skies across the lot of the county and it is impacting our air quality. you can see the low level smoke. for the third day in a row it sparked an advisory. what is the delay? >> reporter: we have been through the that are part of the county for the better part of the day and you definitely see the air quality issue as a result of the fire that originated over there in pittsburgh. so right now the fire has been burning for more than six weeks. the issue is that it is hard to extinguish that material. they're proposing flooding the entire marshland in order to extinguish it, which hopefully will result in better air quality. the only problem, state and federal officials will need to get approval. that could take some time and that is bad news for everyone dealing with the air quality. officials say if you do have respiratory conditions, stay inside as much as possible or wear a mask if you have one. >>> we will look at the air quality. we were just talking about six weeks and it is

it began in pittsburgh six weeks ago. with residents i spoke with it today, it is taking a toll. >> is like wearing a mask. you are breathing in bad air. >> i have bad allergies and with the smoke it makes it really bad for your breathing and your lungs. >> reporter: contract county fire officials say it's mostly burning pete filled with decomposed materials that have accumulated over the course of many many years the result is a lot of smoke and fire that is difficult to put out because it could smolder feet underground. it is so bad a local waterpark closed due to smoke today. >> it's hard to get equipment out there. it's hard to get our fighting equipment to be able to put enough water technically to be able to fully knock this fire down. >> fire officials are proposing a unique solution. flooding the marsh land where the fire originated before they can do that they need approval from a number of local and federal agencies, which would take some time. >> as soon as we introduce water it doesn't become, so close to the

so residents headed to riverview park in pittsburgh to take advantage of it. chance to get outside while the wind pushes the smoke in the opposite direction. hopefully it goes away just tell every single day, you know the case, gets annoying after a while. the bay area air quality management district has extended its air quality advisory through thursday. contra costa health services is also monitoring the situation and has also issued a health advisory. >> health services says the air quality is measuring as unhealthy to hazardous in some parts of pittsburgh and further east in the county avoid outdoor especially for people that are sensitive, including older adults, pregnant women, children and people with asthma or other heart and lung conditions. health services says the fire protection district has shared the fire could potentially continue producing smoke for months. >> although it has long been contained and is not threatening any structures or people. >> in pittsburgh, called kron 4 news now to the washburn fire burning in yosemite national park. more

pittsburgh has been under a health advisory since monday. contra costa health services is asking people to stay indoors as much as possible due to unhealthy and hazardous air quality at times. conditions caused by the so called marsh fire that has been burning for more than six weeks. i had to come out and get some fresh air today. how's the fresh air? it's not too fresh pittsburgh marina, there is a strong order of smoke and hazy skies from 1 to 10. it's probably a 10. plus you know, it's that thick when you get outside one woman who drove to pittsburgh for business, says she was surprised the first thing i thought was, is my fart car on fire when i got out, but then i realized no, i can't read. so it's i noticed there's a fire going on. the fire started may 28th in a homeless encampment in bay point at a largely inaccessible marsh area and continues to smolder. officials see it is stubborn and nearly impossible to extinguish contra costa county fire protection district says it is working with regulatory agencies to come up with a plan to f

she's in pittsburgh near the fire scene. where the biggest hazard is smoke from that fire, and we could see you've messed up as well. how are you doing out there? i'm doing okay, but it is really smoky and breezy here in pittsburgh. i can smell the smoke, which is why i have this mask on. but i can really see it and hear you can to this is what the sky looks like just off the side of the road and pittsburgh really has a lot of smoke out in the distance. it's really built up and we can turn now to an aerial view, a live camera we have. we can really see more of that intensity of smoke really building up from the big plume of smoke that's in the sky over pittsburgh today, and the fire continues to smolder even after a cruise pour thousands of gallons of water down from helicopters. earlier this week. the air quality advisory for wildfire smoke is in the area in place throughout the rest of today, the air quality is expected to be in the moderate range overall, and there's no spare the air alert in effect. flat. air district of

. >>> and scary moments in pittsburgh.eye witness tells us what happened. >>> changes coming to a large homeless encampment in oakland where people are going and what will be in its place. >> today was the annual aids walk san francisco, but monkeypox was also on the minds of everyone. >> reporter: aids walk san francisco was back at golden gate park, while also acknowledging the work that still needs to be done, especially at a time when communities are navigating one health challenge after another. >> people are living longer. it is no longer a death sentence. when i started in '89, it was a death sentence. >> reporter: with 1,500 people participating, the aids walk contributed to the millions of dollars raised over the years to get better treatment and make prevention possible. >> people are still getting infected. people are still dying, so we still need to fight this fight. >> reporter: but a search for a cure continues as memories of those lost to the virus stay with these team members and the aids quilt on display s

pittsburgh. brett, what our warmer spots in the 60's.iddle there hanging out in the 50's with oakland

in pittsburgh march, off willow pass. firefighters say it is in a remote area, near a decommissioned powerplant. it started weeks ago, actually, and has been a smoldering until flaring up again today. here is another view of that massive a smoke cloud from the ground. -- nearby, posted it on twitter. right now, firefighters say it is not threatening any homes, just businesses, but obviously a lot of concerns for people nearby. nbc bay area stephanie -- what is the latest out there, stephanie? >> let me say there are no homes currently being threatened. no evacuations. however, you can see the fire is generating a lot of smoke. there is a power plant right here surrounded by vegetation and palm trees. some of those trees are actually on fire right now. at 12:00 this afternoon, fire crews came out here to willow pass road. -- smoke. because of access issues, they could not get to the area generating the smoke immediately. then the wind picked up and started a vegetation fire. that fire has been moving toward the powerplant.

to give you an idea of the current conditions in pittsburgh with the marsh fire actively burning, right now the temperature is about 92 humidity and less than 10%. we are into the single digits and things will remain dry but zipping down but only into the 80s eventually and we don't have any rain in sight so it will be something we will monitor of the next two days because we do have a little bit of a cool down. right now there is a beautiful view of san francisco with clear skies and you can see the current temperatures throughout the bay area. morgan hill is at 91 with heyward at 70 and livermore 94 and quite a difference we talk about microclimates. we do have 60s here and then we have 70s in areas like heyward and 90s all in through livermore. so you can drive a few miles and you do feel the big difference in temperatures. but even though it was hot, i mentioned that yesterday would be one of the hottest days and today we are a few degrees cooler compared to the past 24 hours in areas like san jose with four degrees cooler and here as well. here is what we have over the next two day

a plan to drench smoldering marshlands near pittsburgh with millions of gallons of water is now under. it's happening nearly 2 months after the marsh fire started. >> this continue to burn and pete dirt, which is notoriously difficult to put out for a sweep of all reports now that fire officials are hoping that this plan will work. >> by running hoses from water along the water shade to the burns contra costa county fire protection district captain baer says his team looks to saturate this industrial marshland near pittsburgh with water. >> what caught fire here on may? 28 and has continued to burn along the pittsburg bay point waterfront is called pete dirt which can burn 10 feet underground. you've got to be able to flood that property. the fully extinguish it or this fire could technically burned all the way into the rainy season during the wintertime. it's also not safe enough for firefighters to drive or stand on, which is why most initial water attacks were done from the air last thursday. once con fire's secured all the proper permits they needed from state, local and federal a

the smoke from the marsh fire is affecting pittsburgh, antioch, oakley and brentwood.re has been smoldering for almost seven weeks now in the wetlands near pittsburgh, and bay point, this is called a peat fire smoldering deep in the marsh soil. ktvu fox two news at 6 30, a new government report shows that it is not just consumers who are feeling the effects of inflation . the labor department says wholesale producers are also feeling the higher prices. fox news, lauren blanchard explains how inflation isn't isolated to just the grocery store or gas station. another bad economic report for the white house. the labor department showing that for wholesalers inflation rose by 11.3% in june compared to a year ago, this one day after another report showed consumer inflation was up. 9.1% used to be more fun to go out to eat. and now it's too expensive to do that a top driver for the high inflation is energy. president biden is overseas trying to boost global oil production in the hopes it will help bring down prices at american pumps. people want to see action and they want t

a plan to drench the smoldering marsh wildfire near pittsburgh continued today.s thing started 2 months ago, but crews have had a really tough time trying to put it out because of the pete infused dirt in that area. they are using millions of gallons of water to flood the area. kron four's. felipe goal has details on the latest strategy. >> along the pittsburg bay point waterfront since thursday, the contra costa county fire protection district has set up water pumps to draw water from the delta onto the 200 acres of marshland that caught fire in this industrial area. may 28 and has continued to burn 2 weeks ago, the smoke was and terrible here. quick works construction near the origin of the fire and says the smoke has improved in the past week. so it's possible that combined with the changing wind patterns on fires. >> and may be working. still, the smoke has prompted the bay area air quality management district. >> to extend its air qua ity advisory in the area through thursday. it is a large scale that is going to take quite a bit of time on fire. captain bae

this is pushing it towards pittsburgh. tomorrow, i don't see a big change in the wind. gusts 10 to 20 tomorrow. pittsburgh is still stuck with this as firefighters work on a strategy to get this out. it's in marshy land, which is harder to attack. in the bay area, looking good except for out east in pittsburgh. of the air quality advisory. if you couldn't smell it, limit the outdoor exposure. we have more coverage on nbcbayarea.com. let's go to the friday forecast a little early. temperatures will bethbe bay ar st. fog off the coast. 59 to the peninsula. north bay looking good. 54 and sunny skies. as we head into tomorrow's forecast numbers, pretty much the same. a warm day in south bay down in cupertino and in morgan hill is 59. 75 in hayward over the east bay hills. that's three concord. on down to palo alto we have 70s. san francisco, 67 downtown. through the north day they, 94 in ukiah. it's a warm day tomorrow but we will crank up the heat a little more. high pressure will give us quick last on saturday. it won't last

reporting live in pittsburgh and my gosh ktvu fox two news. thank you. emma cal fire crews are gaining more ground on a fire that's burning up in the north bay in venetia. herman fires and solano county of lake herman road just north of that city. smoke has been visible since the fire started just before five o'clock last night. it's burned through 115 acres and is now 100% contained. fire crusade. they stopped the fire from spreading before it reached the initial water treatment plant. having the air assets up in the air. they get a good birds eye view for us, but also they're being able to put water ahead of the fire to help slow it down so we can get crews in there to mop it up and stopped the forward progress. although the aircraft can fly at night, the ground crews have remained there to keep the fire in check. at this point, the cause of the fire is still under investigation. covid cases continue to rise across the country, including right here in the bay area. the country's top health officials attribute this latest surge to the b, a five macron s

spoke to people one orange for pittsburgh. go easy on yourself through that part of the bay for air quality. one other thing, fire in yosemite. if you look at south side of the park, you can see the footprint of the washburn fire outlined in green with red in it. it was moving north towards the community over here, fantastically historic, beautiful victorian hotel is over here. upper grove and lower grove. if there's any good news, the fire has moved northerly up towards merced river canyon, not impacted main part of the sequoia grove. but we lost 20% of all giant sequoias in the world last two fire seasons, dramatic loss, this hits close to home for a lot of people. more detail means lot, we'll do our best to get best information out on that. more tomorrow in light of day. other thing about that fire, we might see some of the smoke in our sky. by the time we get to monday morning, winds will have shifted enough, if the fire is still putting as much smoke into the sky as today, a lot, going to drift our way by monday morning.

it's really dependent on where you are in pittsburgh and which direction be air.is blowing. but as you mentioned part of the problem here is that this fire is burning in the wetlands near pittsburgh and be a point and that's really inaccessible for fire crews to get two on the ground and even after pouring thousands of gallons of water down from helicopters, the fire is not letting up, though it is contained. and that is why today the air quality advisory for wildfire smoke has been extended throughout the rest of today. although the air quality in certain parts is expected to be in the moderate range overall, and there's no spare the air alert in effect, but their district officials cautioned nearby residents that if they smell smoke, they should stay indoors as much as possible today with their windows and doors shut the first thing i thought was my fart car on fire when i got out, but then i realized no, i can't read this. it's i noticed. there's a fire going on. fire officials determine the fire started at bay point and a homeless encampment back in may, and i

pittsburgh has been under a health advisory since monday. contra costa health services is asking people to stay indoors as much as possible due to unhealthy and hazardous air quality at times. conditions caused by the so called marsh fire that has been burning for more than six weeks. i had to come out and get some fresh air today. how's the fresh air? it's not too fresh pittsburgh marina, there is a strong order of smoke and hazy skies from 1 to 10. it's probably a 10. plus you know, it's that thick when you get outside one woman who drove to pittsburgh for business, says she was surprised the first thing i thought was my fart car on fire when i got out, but then i realized no, i can't read this. it's i noticed. there's a fire going on. the fire started may 28th in a homeless encampment in bay point at a largely inaccessible marsh area in continues to smolder. officials say it is stubborn and nearly impossible to extinguish contra costa county fire protection district says it is working with regulatory agencies to come up with a plan to flo

ktvu is amber lee joins us now live from pittsburgh and amber. the fire department is actually flooding the fire. that's right. brooks and the smell of smoke is still strong here in pittsburgh. deputy fire chief shows us how they're flooding this fire with water. seven pumps are now being used to flood a marshland fire in pittsburgh with water from the bay in order to put it out the contra costa county fire protection district with help started the efforts shortly before noon friday. the stubborn fire has been burning since may 28th heat that is deep seated underground, and we're gonna have to flood it to get all the way. uh get good penetration. how deep is it? well several feet in multiple places, so that's what makes it difficult for us to put people or equipment into the field. contra costa county fire protection district came up with the flooding plan but needed approval from numerous regulatory agencies before it was able to move ahead. deputy chief erin mcallister says no homes are threatened by the fire , but says the smoke is a public he

fire is affecting as you heard pittsburgh, antioco, oakley and brentwood. that fire has been smoldering now for almost seven weeks in the wetlands near pittsburgh and bay point crews have dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of water on it. now this is a peat fire and the flames are burning concentrated carbon from dead plants smoldering deep in the soil. peat fires are notoriously difficult to work with and extinguish because of the nature of those fires. uh, they tend to continue to move around in the dirt. in actually keep smoldering and extending out in different directions. that fire started at a nearby homeless encampment. officials say these types of fires can burn for months on fire says it would like to flood the area to stop the fire from smoldering. well. in solano county, firefighters reached full containment of a brush fire north of venetia early this morning. the fire broke out yesterday near lake herman scorched at least 115 acres but did not threaten any homes. crews have been on the scene throughout the day to monitor that area for hotsp

some areas just saw the smoke, but pittsburgh smelled it. >> i'm going back home where there's no more of this. >> reporter: a mix of the washburn fire and marsh fire in pittsburgh at a decommissioned powerplant that reignited over the weekend, causing air quality there to reach levels of unhealthy for sensitive groups like kathy boyd on dialysis. >> i'm barely standing up. now it's worse. >> reporter: kaiser permanente doctor tom daley warns if you smell the smoke, it can cause problems. >> that doesn't mean it a safer everybody else. maybe like smoking a quarter pack of cigarettes a day. the real take-home message is inhaling particular matter is not good for anybody. >> reporter: it is suggested to use an n-95 mask, make sure your windows are closed and limit your exercise and also stressing the importance of preparing for the next fire. >> there's no reason not to think that unfortunately, the 2022-2023 fire season is going to be the worst of all. >>> let's find out how long this poor air quality will stick around. our chief meteorologist has more . >> we have seen this haze throug

and residents in pittsburgh are growing more frustrated as the marsh fire continues to smolder.the efforts by fire officials to put out the smoke. and we'll also go live to berkeley where crews are assessing the damage after the big rig hidden over past. our top story, 3.30, a plan to drench smoldering marshland near pittsburgh with millions of gallons of water is now underway. >> this is happening nearly 2 months after the marsh caught on fire was contained to burn. it has continued to burn in pete dirt, which is notoriously very difficult to put out called for swift ago. reports fire officials are hopeful that this plan it's going to be the one that works. >> along the pittsburgh big point waterfront since thursday. the contra costa county fire protection district has set up water pumps to draw water from the delta onto the 200 acres of marshland that caught fire in this industrial area. may 28 and has continued to burn 2 weeks ago. the smoke was and terrible here. quick works construction near the origin of the fire and says the smoke has improved in the past week. so it's po

flames spreading to a decommissioned power plant in pittsburgh tonight. it's in the area of willow pass road. it's creating a tremendous amount of smoke. the 200 acre fire has scorched palm trees and burned about five cars at a nearby business. crews say it all flared up from a fire that started a few weeks ago in the pittsburgh marsh. now crews are working to beef up the perimeter. >> lately we've been having a lot of fires around here, you smell smoke often, so, you know, with the wind blowing too close for comfort, i'm not -- i don't feel safe. hopefully they can get it fixed! the fire had reached an area out by the waterfront that has pete moss in it, and the fire is now burning through the pete moss. it's actually smoldering in the pete moss, and there's no amount of water that we can put around this time to extinguish that fire. we were just going to have to wait for the rains. >> first alert meteorologist darren peck has been following wind conditions and in terms of the firefighters hoping for rain, i would think that's a fairly faint hope. >> goi

ford of pittsburgh evgeni malkin plans to enter the free agent market. the thirty-five-year-old russian has difficulties in negotiations with pittsburgh about a new contract for the party. they could come to an agreement on offering the player a two-year, $6 million-a-year contract , but malkin considered such an offer disrespectful to the russian. never entered the free agent market before and wants to take a look now. what options will he have? offered. the crew of the russian kamaz-master team led by eduard nikolaev on monday became the winner of the fifth stage of the raid, the silk road was second in the category of trucks. here was andrey karginov in the third dmitry sotnikov about the crew representing the kamaz master off-road category victory. at the stage, vladimir vasiliev from the vr-ti team won. behind him finished the representative of the msc team tim a rallyteam denis krotov, the top three was closed by andrey rudskaya from the commander, due to the fashion of all-terrain vehicles, anastasia became the first nifontov and from the reis tea

let's check out those winds right now the dealt and you can see in the pittsburgh bird landing again, scene westerly will component the wind and sending all that smoke from the fires further they're being a delta. now, the bad, the deal they're seeing that coming from place not in their neighborhood, actually a little bit up when from them. and they're going to see that again overnight tonight and tomorrow morning's that smoke kind of settles in. but otherwise, we've got the low clouds and fog moving in, but that marine layer starting to get squashed quite a bit. how it affects your weekend and the weather and your plans will talk about that coming up in a few minutes. thank you, lawrence. well, we have a below average rain. reservoirs are lower than they used to be. and sounds like there's less water out there to bruce west nile virus carrying mosquitoes during this drought. but vector control experts say no drought years actually increase mosquito-borne illnesses. >> kron four's haaziq mod-yoon explains. >> the risk of west nile virus increases during a drought because there's less

i hope it works out because it's getting terrible, owns a barbershop in downtown pittsburgh, he tells me. many customers have complained about the smoke with their masks, right says he has closed up shop hours early one day. because of the heavy smoke. my breathing is tough for me, but that's why i keep the door shut and the barbershop. and so that helps out the bay area air quality management district is advising people to close their windows and doors and stay indoors. if smoke is present, it has extended its advisory through monday already have issues respiratory issues. so it just makes it hard to breathe right now. i have my mask off. yeah and it's hard. you can smell the smoke. we need to move tens of millions of gallons of water to be effective. public should expect that as that water starts to creep into where it needs to be. smoke will slowly start to decrease. the deputy fire chief says the smoke should begin to clear slowly starting saturday, he estimates it will take a week to put out the fire in pittsburgh. amberleigh ktvu, fox two news. new denied. one person has been ar

casey stegall fox news from smoke from the marsh fire in pittsburgh will keep an air quality advisoryt through tomorrow. smoke could still be seen just today. now this fire started back in late may and then flared up. last week, the current air quality advisory of x people living in pittsburgh, antioch, oakley and brentwood, meantime, can fire in the contra costa water district have joined forces to use seven different pumps to flood that area with water. they expect that will put out the fire by the end of this week. am i just to put it in writing for everybody to go ahead and see. the bay area air quality district did expand that air quality advisory for the notable cities of pittsburgh and yak oakley and brett what in the worst times overnight because the winds subside, so the pollution sits very close to the surface. so if you have any kind of respiratory ailments, please take note of that. temperatures today at 36 degree temperature span from pacifica and the low sixties to 97 degrees, hot spots and conquered antioch and in livermore that was down from 100 degrees. yesterday we t

north and the east of concord, primarily impacting pittsburgh. right now we're still seeing wind gusts of 10 to 20 miles an hour. tomorrow gusts 10 to 20 and a hotter 95. that's going to continue to make that fire smolder. at least all those hot spots. they're trying to flood out. again pittsburgh, that's going to be the zone of the unhealthy air. and i see the same thing as we head through this weekend. with the air quality advisory in effect if you start to notice stuff and go in and limit your outdoor exposure. >> thank you very much. >>> moving you forward tonight more protections against monkeypox and san francisco. the city says it's expecting a shipment 4,100 doses of the vaccine. it's set to arrive next week. now health officials requested 35,000 doses from the fed. mayor london breed tweeted about that, but says it is not nearly enough. we will keep advocating. there were long lines of people outside the san francisco general looking for that monkeypox shot. >> there is some covid confusion right now, likely in the middle of the biggest

so again, the air quality advisory has now been issued through monday for oakley, brentwood, pittsburgh at any i, but heather and greg, we still have yet another advisory to talk about, and that's still coming up later on in this broadcast to look forward to it. thank you. we are hearing from the contra costa county district attorney's office about its decision to drop the criminal charges against dozens of suspects due to alleged police misconduct. spokesperson for the da's office confirmed today to ktvu that prosecutors have so far dropped 40 cases he does not know if more will be thrown out. and nor can you comment about the nature of each of those cases, state and federal authorities announced back in march that they're investigating a group of pittsburgh and any other police officers. for alleged improper behavior locally, the chief assistant district attorney there in contra costa county issued this statement to ktvu quote. there are multiple officers who are subjects of an ongoing criminal investigation. involving a range of offenses which constitute crimes of moral turpitude. co

le saluda fÁtima navarrete, cal fire desplegÓ recursos para controlar un incendio en la zona de pittsburghlos cabrero en vivo con los detalles >>> buenas tardes, aquÍ cerca de la planta elÉctrica que estÁ fuera de servicio y que es amenazada por este incendio. lo mÁs importante que la autoridad temen por la seguridad de esta edificaciÓn, ya que el viento, que empuja el fuego a esta planta, de acuerdo con quien trabaja para detener las llamas hay palmeras en la zona que se incendiaron creando humo, se dice que este siniestro arde por varias semanas, ahora mismo, mostrando imÁgenes en vivo de la zona que se encuentra acordonada por los bomberos de condado de contra costa, varios que se encuentran trabajando para poner fin a este incendio que lleva semanas activo, creen que el viento de hoy, fue lo que desencadenÓ el mismo actualmente en la escena hay 13 equipos de bomberos y un helicÓptero nosotros estaremos aquÍ, para poder llevar a usted los detalles de este incendio que se espera continÚe un par de horas mÁs. este es mi reporte en vivo, carlos armando cabrera, noticiero telemundo 48. >>>

at pittsburgh bakery and what he did was all caught on camera. ktvu brooks jarocz joins us now with what may have triggered the customer to attack and how the community there is responding. brooks that star bread in pittsburgh say the customer has been a problem in the past. he's accused of not following covid protocols and was asked not to return. when they say last week he did leaving the owner and employee hurt and traumatized. it's a small but popular place in pittsburgh family along harbor . the real star at starboard bakery is the senorita bread, senorita. but last week in angry customers served up more than just attitude. video shows a self proclaimed military man shoving the register, throwing the credit card machine, knocking over the plexiglass and smashing the donut display. because something like this doesn't normally happen. in our store, especially managers say they told him he's not welcome before previously accused of not social distancing or following covid protocols around the holidays. this time, he was allowed to buy some brea

in the east bay, progress being made on the marsh fire causing air quality problems in pittsburgh and nearby towns. this fire started in late may and burning over 200 acre, but it is burning peat which is maybe why they made the rare decision to pump in water from the marsh from the delta and that is going to give the fire nowhere to hide for the next couple of days. >>> this is a look at the aerials of the smoke in the area, and people say they cannot go outside because of the falling, and the toxic fume, and neighbors should see relief in about a ek. de ia lee smoke coming off of t marsh, and with the 24-hour time lapse, so you ski the smoke emanating better. there is the power plant in pittsburgh, and it is not as thick and dense as yesterday, but it is still enough smoke coming off of this that we are reading the unhealthy levels of par pa particulant matter. and there is definitely a pattern if you are looking at the air sensors from antioch, you will see how it is spiking a little bit more from last wednesday, and then thursday, and that was the worst day if you can remember whe

pittsburgh police have not made an arrest but saying this is an open and active investigation. brooks jarocz ktvu fox, two news members of the san francisco branch of the have joined the call for school board member and shoot to resign. they voted unanimously to call for her immediate resignation after the akp's executive board met with her last week. she ignited a firestorm earlier this month by saying unstable family environments hinder the educational progress. of black and brown students, the issued the following statement saying her comments indicate upper found disconnect between shoe and the black community and blame the effects of systemic racism on the targets of that racism, the superintendent of the san mateo foster city school district says they're almost fully staffed for the new school year, superintendent diego ochoa says that's thanks to a big hiring push in the community. the district reached out to local parents, who had teaching credentials and urged them to come into the classroom. to teach earlier on mornings onto the nine we spoke with the superintendent a

pittsburgh. brett, what our warmer spots in the 60's. most of the rest of us somewhere in the middle there hanging out in the 50's with oakland in dublin, each at 55. all have your full breakdown of the rest of the week's forecast. still to come john, thank you for that. hit the road. 06:00am this morning. look at that. traffic is pretty light at the bay bridge approach. >> 10 minutes make it from so that fremont street exit the san mateo bridge, a 80 to one o one just under 13 minutes for your drive. let's check on the richmond center fell bridge about a 9 minute morning commute and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls about 20 minutes on this thursday looks like good stuff. here's something not so good. san francisco mayor london breed joining now, the growing chorus of leaders demanding more monkeypox vaccine. this comes a city reports. more cases of people continue standing in the line for hours hoping to get a shot and one of them are right. the question is when are we going to have enough shots to go around? kron four's will tra

plus in the east bay, fire crews remained at the scene of a brush fire near pittsburgh will get you an update on this one. and it is hot and dry inland, once again, with only subtle changes coming our way. we'll take a look at the current conditions and show you what you can expect for your you what you can expect for your pay area tuesday c alright. shortest roost fry drives next. ♪ worth it. ♪ my $4.00 roost fries with 100% all-white-meat chicken, melty cheese, and good good sauce. order on the jack app today. another busy day? of course - you're a and cio in 2022.uce. but you're ready. because you've got the next generation in global secure networking from comcast business. with fully integrated security solutions all in one place. so you're covered. on-premise and in the cloud. you can run things the way you want - your team, ours or a mix of both. with the nation's largest ip converged network. from the most innovative company. bring on today with comcast business. powering possibilities. what do you call my fries topped with 100% all-white-meat chicken... melty cheese, and good g

wrapping up the top five was short start shortstop term arte johnson and the pittsburgh to the pittsburghn to the washington nationals. the oakland athletics. so, like daniel suit, part. the oakland a's hoped they drafted their catcher of the future by selecting daniel sasac at 19th overall, started at 64 games as a sophomore this season for the university of arizona was a unanimous all american who went to jesuit high in sacramento. he is the younger brother of andrew's husak, who played for the giants in 2014 and 2015 selected local player henry bowl. from the palo alto from palo alto high in the second round, and with the 30th pick overall, the giants made an interesting selection by selecting reggie crawford from the university of connecticut. crawford is a power hitting first baseman and a left handed pitcher. he sat out this past season, though, after undergoing tommy john surgery before that his fastball would hit more than 100 mph. both beria teams head into the all star break with victories. the giants war throwback uniforms to honor the 1946 san francisco sea lions of the negro

their steel in pittsburgh, too. and with the allegheny and the monongahela meet to form the ohio river their lies a golden triangle. and just beyond a skyscraper of learning the university of pittsburgh. the state of pennsylvania is not all steel and gold. you can discover quiet amish country. here history still writes with a quill pen. there's also philadelphia where william penn looks down upon his quaker city. it likewise was the home of good ben franklin. and is the site of independence hall where in his house the bell of liberty? her discover museum. it's one of our nation's richest jewels. a little further on we see an area rich in the beginning of our history, jamestown. where on the new continent the first permanent english settlement began? not far away discover yorktown here when the great cornwallis gave up his sword to washington america became a nation. two were ended many lives. when american patriots fell in our great civil war good men were lost in a dread conflict which gave painful beginning to our

no fog in conquer right now. 80 degrees. 72 in livermore, 80 in pittsburgh. so hot. 92 in brentwood. then you've got 55 cooling off. now that sea breeze in petaluma. but that fog and low cloud cover will spread further on shore tonight into the bay. it started starting to stretch inland right now. more of that on the way. kind of interesting, though, not only the fog bank along the california coastline, got the monsoon. some of that wrap around some tropical moisture getting caught up in the circulation around that ridge of high pressure that has brought some extremely hot temperatures across the desert southwest now is giving rise to some more of that thunderstorms that monsoon headed up over the sierra nevada things not as active today, but several thunderstorm shown up. they're likely going to see a few more by tomorrow afternoon. when might we cool things down a little bit around the bay area more so we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. thank lord. sue is another day of disappointment for some people waiting in line for a monkey pox vaccine.

he is a pittsburgh resident and if you see him, please contact police.ates by three quarters of 1%. that would be the fourth rate hike this year. reggie: mega millions jackpot has now crossed the $1 billion mark after no one matched all the numbers last night. the next drawing is friday. drew: we have that morning fog out there, overcast skies, hazy and spots later on today and typical for july, the temperatures showing a wide range, cool along the coast in the 60's, 80's if not near 90 in warm spots inland. jobina: the bay bridge toll plaza is unusually empty for this time of the morning. the metering lights came on at 6:01, so you should have a smooth ride into san francisco. kumasi: and it looks like some street painters in hollister went a little too far. this is not what officials had in mind when they asked for slightly curved lines, now they have to do it all over. we have people who are up for the challenge and people who are not. drew: it's like a personality test. reggie: i don't understand because it is not a kirby street. drew: what was their