the fires burning in the sierra national forest which will be closed until next month, the fire threatening the giant sequoia's but now they are considered safe. >>> facing legal fallout, the class-action lawsuit against apple and the claims being made. >>> time ticking down for some employees at tiktok, the employees at tiktok, the business overhaul for the soci a jelly bean that's good for you? try nature's bounty jelly bean vitamins. good-for-you nutrients in a tastier-for-you form. more sweet dreams. more flavorful immune support. get more with nature's bounty jelly beans. >>> good tuesday morning. 4:39, let's get you out the door in the north bay checking out novato starting out at 50 degrees mostly clear with a lot of sunshine today. the high-temperature matching yesterday with a repeat of what we see across the bay area. a look at that with the rest of the microclimate coming up. >>> looking at dublin a smooth drive, one bit of flashing lights from the left lane clearing toward dublin for the morning commute clearing the way for the report. >>> good morning, wall street set to open h

a fire has also crossed into the sierra national forest, prompting more road closures. no giant sequoias have burned. investigators say it appears to have been started by a person. our ongoing commitment to building a better bay area focuses on the topic of health. a nationwide upswing in covid cases has one california county on the verge of a mask mandate. morgan norwood says it is fueling efforts to get a second booster to all americans. morgan: as the subvariant continues to spread, the fda and cdc is considering widening eligibility for a second booster for all adults. protection against omicron variants increase with each booster shot. >> the good news is vaccinated and boosted people, particularly those in the full component of the boosting, are generally pretty well protected. morgan: the half million americans who are eligible for a second booster shot have not gotten one. >> it's very clear in my mind that the risk of ending up in the icu is dramatically higher if you have not gotten that third shot. >>>> for children under five, only 400,000 have received thei

flames have spread into the nearby sierra national forest. the fire broke out. the sequoias that mariposa grove is safe. they are fire resistant but crews is still installed sprinklers around some trees, including the famous 2000-year- old grisly giant. and ecologists said that is helping but it is years of something else that ultimately saved the grove. >> the most important effort is we have been conducting prescribed fire since the 70s. 50 years of the reduction. that is ultimately what will -- . >> the burns, combined with clearing brush and thinning canopies allowed crews to worry less about the flames and instead focus on the flames on the ground. >>> nearly 5 years after the wine country firestorm, we obtained a new review that blames pg&e for putting that entire region at risk. critics say the findings make a strong case that executives let corporate bonuses, not safety, guide decisions. format the storm tore through a quarter of 1 million acres destroyed homes and left 44 people dead. this new report lays the blame for nearly all of

the wildfire now threatening the sierra national forest is being fed by hot and dry conditions. luckily, fire crews believe yosemite has not lost any of its giant sequoias in the mariposa grove. >>> we're tracking the demand for the monkeypox vaccine. it's been almost impossible to get, and if you're lucky enough, it often involves a very long line as we've seen. here's a look at those bay area numbers. san francisco seeing 68 probable or confirmed cases. alameda county with 17, and 11 in santa claire. kpix's 5 shawn chitnis on the frustration from both the community and health officials as they wait for more of those vaccines. >> i'm happy i got it and don't have to worry about it now. >> reporter: wyatt robertson lives in san francisco and spent his wednesday trying to get the vaccine for monkeypox. he went to berkeley, where steamworks and the city's health department created a pop-up clinic. >> there was a lot of confusion in the line of what would happen. people thought we would have to then pay. >> a pay to play experience in my opinion, which is frankly wrong and absurd g

the fire is active on the east side in the sierra national forest, which is now closed to the public.ut most of yosemite does remain open with smoky conditions, especially the afternoon hours. today the forest service said the fire is 23% contained up from 17% yesterday, and officials are holding a community meeting coming up at seven o'clock tonight. there's a new way to experience the wonders of yosemite without even entering the park state of the art virtual reality movie theater in the town of oakhurst is premiering a new film called experience. yosemite. the film is narrated by actor bryan cranston and the producers are promising to take viewers on an unforgettable journey through the park for more. we're joined now by matt scott's one of the owners of yosemite cinema in oakhurst. matt appreciate you coming on today, so guests will sit down in some of those motion pods. we see there behind you. they put on the vr goggles. and then they experienced this film with a variety of different senses. what is this? like? so what we wanted this to be like is, uh, an experience where people

flames had threatened ancient sequoias in the mariposa grove but it's moving eastward into the sierra national forecast and crews expect the wildfire to flair up more over the next few days fueled by dead trees. heavy under brush and warmer conditions. firefighters still trying to determine a cause. >> there is no lightning on that day so it's a human started fire under investigation. that's all i can say about that right now. we're looking at that real, real hard. >>> in contra costa county a fire smoldering for six weeks is still causing air quality issues and air qualitied iey advisory been extended until thursday. people are being advised to stay indoors. the fire broke out in may at bay point homeless encampment mostly burning pete, making it difficult for crews to put out. >>> that's not the only fire burning here. an update to the grass fire. the latest numbers put it at over 100 acres and it has burned about 30% contained at this hour. the fire is burning between lake hermann road and channel road. authorities are telling people not to drive near the area because of the smoke. luckily,

a fire to our east has forced evacuations in mariposa county and has reached the sierra national forest. the fire broke out around 2:00 this afternoon and has now burned more than 4,000 acres. you can see on our abc7 news fire tracker the so-called oak fire is burning outside merced. tim johns is in the news room tracking this closely for us. tim? reporter: evacuations have been issued for several areas around yosemite national park because of the oak fire. it exploded in size in just a few hours. it has grown to more than 4300 acres and is spreading pretty rapidly still at zero percent containment. it started off highway 140 and carstens road. the devastation is pretty intense. it appears some structures are being burned. i spoke with someone who lives in downtown mariposa. he said his neighborhood is extremely vulnerable. >> it is extremely dry and right now it is really windy out there. all the trees are blowing around. pretty much the worst conditions you can imagine. super dry. soorp hot and windy. >> they -- super hot and windy. >> they came by and told us everybody has got to go.

park has grown another 100 acres over the past. 24 hours yesterday, it crossed over into the sierra national forest forcing more road closures. it scorched more than 4800 acres and containment on the fire. he's up to 37%. mandatory evacuation orders and the area are lifting tomorrow morning. but officials are asking people who do not live in the area year-round to wait several days to come back. so far, no homes have been damaged by the fire. >> now crews say they are making good progress on extinguishing the marsh fire over in pittsburgh. firefighters are flooding the area put out the smoldering that's deep in the pit. pete, there multiple pumps were added overnight and officials say the lower areas are filling in. well, they're estimating millions of gallons of water will be needed to attack the fire for about a week. smoke from this one has been impacting our air quality here in the bay area. for more on our weather, air quality, all that good stuff. we've got meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez standing by. first, a live look here at the embarcadero. yeah, not bad out there. it seems right n

safe, at least for now, even with sprinkler systems on them and the focus shifts east to the sierra national forest where the fire had spread. yosemite park superintendent that a human started this fire, which is the case with so many of our fires and the last couple of years, jeff. >> the only good news i can report is we don't have a major wind event. >> that's going to be good because it will be hot. >> they are close to 100 degrees on the fire line in yosemite. the pittsburgh buyer will continue to stay with you as we head through the next 36 hours. >>> let's bring it to the microclimate forecast tonight. i wanted to continue our climate coverage under fire damage is so high because of the drought. look at this map. all of california is currently under drought. the worst level in central and southern california that is exceptional drought 11.59% of the state under that worst level. we are a horrible rain season and we were still down as much as 7 inches and our snowpack only finished at 42% of normal la niÑa climate change contributing to drier conditions. what about what is ahead for us

the flames have spread into the nearby sierra national forest.urned since the fire broke out. >>> carey has been keeping an eye on some smoke moving through the area. >> it's also like can we see the moon? it has been superbright. our scott always getting the best shots of the moon, the stars, whatever is happening in space. he put this is the biggest formal of 2002. was that an old post? >> when are they going to get an edit button? >> that was of the supermoon and that shot from silicon valley. let's get a look at our smoke. we have been talking about the fire that has happening over yosemite. unfortunately a lot of that smoke still happening to drift into the half dome area. the park is still open. you want to make sure if you have plans to go for the weekend there parts that are open, what parts that are closed. call ahead to see where you can and cannot go. the air quality at times will be pretty dangerous, especially with the smoke moving in and at times over toward tahoe. it is also moving away from the bay area. as we are heading out we a

the fire is now burning in the sierra national forest and that will be closed until next month. fire threatened the world of california giant sequoias, but they are safe. >> we talked a lot about this fire and where the smoke is been going. these warm conditions certainly not helping crews on the ground. >>> it makes a very difficult. it is good that they are getting more containment. take a look at how hot it is in the area where they are fighting the fire with all of that equipment and also those winds that continue to pick up to about 10-50 miles per hour. some of those higher gusts may reach 20. as we take a look at the current temperature where we are headed, it is in the 90s i will say that for several hours. here in the area we are seen the fog in the distance, a hazy sky in san jose. temperatures still at a comfortable 69 degrees. we are headed for the mid-80s. we will see temperatures jump up early quickly over the next couple of hours, 84 degrees at 2:00-3:00, and then it starts to drop down this evening. as we take a look at our high temperatures across the bay area t

or burning just east of the oak fire is the washburn fire inside yosemite national park in the sierra national forest, which has burned more than 4800 acres and is now 79% contained. fire officials say that the majority of the fire that is burning, he's well within the containment lines and is expected to burn itself out u.s. forest service says the cause is still under investigation, but they believe it could be caused by >> firefighters quickly contained a small vegetation fire in unincorporated morgan hill today after making an aggressive initial attack that fire broke out on the 600 block of prout lane. it was named the pratt fire. some structures were threatened by the flames, but there are no reports of any damage to those structures. crews do say they were some vehicles that were damaged in the fire, though, and all one half, one half acre burned. there are no reports of any injuries. smoke from the oak fire is expected to arrive in the bay area tomorrow, prompting an air quality advisory. >> the bay area air quality management district says the smoke is expected to remain aloft and wil

that wildfire now threatening the sierra national forest and is being fed by hot, dry conditions. yosemite hasn't lost any of its giant sequoias in the mariposa grove. >>> tracking the monkeypox vaccine. it's almost impossible to get. if you're lucky enough, it often involves a long line. here is a look at the bay area numbers so far. san francisco seeing 68 probable or confirmed cases. alameda county with 17, and 11 inclara. kpix 5's shawn chitnis on the frustration from both the community and health officials as they wait for more vaccines. >> i'm happy i got it and don't have to worry about it now. >> reporter: wyatt robertson lives in san francisco, and spent his wednesday trying to get the vaccine for monkeypox. he went to berkeley, where steamworks and the city's health department created a pop-up clinic. >> there was a lot of confusion in the line of what would happen. but people thought we would then have to pay. >> pay to play fast pass experience in any opinion, which is frankly wrong and absurd. given that it's a public health crisis. >> reporter: we reached out to spec

fire is now burning in the sierra national forest, which will be closed until august. firefighters say they've got this fire 50% contained. firefighters also making progress on a fire burning in eastern contra costas county. we've been telling you about this for weeks. it's the marsh fire, which burned 500 acres. crews as we told you are flooding the area with millions of gallons of water. the fire has been burning for almost two months and it started at a homeless encampment in bay point. >>> and also in pittsburgh a grass fire got uncomfortably close to some homes before fire crews knocked it out. this is the season a lot of fires. this is near the area of alta vista court. and firefighters could see it from the air as well before putting it out some 40 acres burned. >>> a sad site in pacifica today. a whale washed ashore south of sharp park point. as they explain that whale drew quite a crowd of people wondering how it died. >> reporter: this dead humpback whale washed up here on the beach of pacifica. now experts who have examined her say they believe they know wha

investigators say they believe the fire was human caused parts of yosemite national park and the sierra national forest are still shut down because of this. while the threat to the sequoias and yosemite is over to southern california. lawmakers are co sponsoring a bill to protect the beautiful giant. yes. san diego congressman scott peters and house minority leader kevin mccarthy. they're proposing 350 million dollars over 10 years. the save our sequoias act would streamline and environmental review for restoring the grows. there. it would also create a reforestation plan so coy's can go 275 feet high. and 25 feet in diameter and they are the biggest reason we have on the planet. fire crews in the north and east bay have their hands full containing 2 wildfires. the first one broke out and the nissan last night. it's now been fully contained, but crews are watching for any hot spots. and there was an early morning fire in pinole thursday, which is also fully contained. crews say because of the time of day and weather conditions, they were able to move fast to handle it. now the ongoing drought an

of 500 sequoias ino yosemite is safe, but they have expanded the closure forest area into the sierra national forest where the fire has continued to spread. the cause of the fire is still under investigation, but the park superintendent has described it as a "human start fire." >>> the covid-19 surge has steadily been putting more people in the hospital. obviously not nearly as many as we saw in 2020 when this started, but take a look at this. that line, the average number of hospitalizations statewide in the last three months started low, but over the last few days on 7th 4,009 people hospitalized with covid. as of today you see that number is over 4,400. that's over 420 new covid patients in seven days. during the same time, the positivity rate has jumped from 16% on the 7th to 16.7% today. the numbers, of course, don't tell the whole story. bay area health leaders say right now we are likely in the middle of the biggest surge of the entire pandemic even though official testing numbers don't show it. now california's most populous county says it may reinstitute a mask mandate in a matter of

well, the washburn fiie inside yosemite national park and the sierra national forest has burned more than 4800 acres. that's 87% contained. fire officials say that the majority of that fire that is burning is well within the containment lines and is expected to burn itself out. the u.s. forest service says the cause is still under investigation, but believe it was caused by humans. in the east bay caught fire says they've ended a week of flooding in order to douse the marsh fire. it had been burning deep in the pete up there. they pump some 200 million gallons of a water onto the flames. the fire has been burning in pittsburgh for over a month. firefighters say no apparent hotspots or smoke remain, though they will continue to monitor for any flare ups. happening tomorrow. you have britney griner trial resumes in russia. a crane was jailed on drug charges in february at a moscow airport after they canisters with cannabis oil were found in her luggage, reiner, knowledge. he had the canisters but said she had no intention to break the law. the russian foreign minister says the legaliza

the fire is burning in the sierra national forest which will be closed until august.at fire, 50% contained. >>> okay not everything goes right on your wedding day. how about this one? monster waves crashing over apartment buildings and a wedding. -- >> there you go, you can hear the screams, those waves crashing, the venue, right before the ceremony was about to start. the waves took on a lot of tables, even one of the bars. however, the food was spared, and so was the wedding cake, it all comes in stride, the bride and groom didn't let this dampen their day. -- >> it was crazy and i think a lot of the video what it doesn't show is how awesome the night went after that and how amazing everyone was to set up the whole event and it was almost as if it didn't happen at all and it was so quick and everyone kind of contributed to making sure that the wedding still went on. our dance floor was ruined which was a bummer but it didn't seem to bring down any of the dancing and it was a pretty fun party. >> look at how fun they look. >> a super cute couple. >> nothing is going

officials say they're going move smaller trees and brush and more than 13,000 acres in sequoyah and sierra national forest. the service says it hopes that all the projects will completed by next year. but some may continue through the end of 2024. about one-fifth of all the joy sequoias have been destroyed by wildfires in just the last 2 years. >> all right. time for another look at the forecast as a real is at 6 adn walnut creek on this friday night. and if you're planning on getting way beyond the bay area are weatherman is here to let you know what he respects and beyond. that's right. they had to write off into the weekend and it's looking good too. as you can see a lot of sunshine around the state. just one of those great summer weekend. >> weather really not going to be a major factor is far much the bay area looking good. how about this open and clear at sfo right now, clear skies. just a bit of a breeze in the afternoon. westerly winds to 18 miles per hour temperature there. it s 67 degrees. all right. around the rest, the bay area, san jose are looking good, wide opening clear laguardia lo

the focus shifted east of the sierra national forest where the fire is spreading.ause is still under investigation. the park superintendent described it as a human, the fire started by a >>> east bay school is offering a semester of free tuition to most of its students. students that complete the california dream act application can receive free tuition and other perks for the up coming fall semester. the college says it does not matter if you qualify for financial aid or not. you get the free semester. laney college says it can help students that faced challenges during the height of the pandemic. >>> a shopping center is on the verge of getting a makeover. camdrian park plaza, they okayed a dramatic redesign it will create an urban village, shopping and residential units, the plan includes apartments, about four dozen single-family homes, 25 town homes, some of them are affordable. there will be a hotel and 50 unit senior center. all of that on 18 acres, four of which open space. the city council will make the final decision. >> i like the old version. >> we are

parts of the sierra national forest nearby closed to the public because of the fire. and the cause is still under investigation. juliette. >> breaks your heart on so many levels. anne, thank you. >>> the rapid spread of the oak fire over the weekend quickly put it at the top of the list of wildfires in california for this year. the oak fire so far has burned more than 16,000 acres, and that's more than the next three largest fires from this year combined. and here's a comparison of the oak fire and the washburn fire burning near yosemite. you can see the oak fire is nearly triple the size of the other blaze. the washburn fire has been burning at the southern end of the park for more than two weeks. it has burned nearly 5,000 acres and is 87% contained. >>> authorities have identified the victim in a triple shooting that happened in marin city over the weekend. police say 42-year-old michael rogers was killed in sunday's shooting. he was an oakland native and father of three. two other victims were admitted to a local hospital where they were treated for non-life-threa

a fire to our east has forced evacuations in mariposa county and has reached the sierra national forestund 2:00 this afternoon and has now burned more than 4,000 acres. you can see on our abc7 news fire tracker the so-called oak fire is burning outside merced. tim johns is in the news room tracking this closely for us. tim? reporter: evacuations have been issued for several areas around yosemite national park because of the oak fire. it exploded in size in just a few hours. it has grown to more than 4300 acres and is spreading pretty rapidly still at zero percent containment. it started off highway 140 and carstens road. the devastation is pretty intense. it appears some structures are being burned. i spoke with someone who lives in downtown mariposa. he said his neighborhood is extremely vulnerable. >> it is extremely dry and right now it is really windy out there. all the trees are blowing around. pretty much the worst conditions you can imagine. super dry. soorp hot and windy. >> they -- super hot and windy. >> they came by and told us everybody has got to go. about 4:00 the power we

>> and we continue to monitor the washburn wildfire in yosemite and has now crossed into the sierra national forest that's forcing more road closures. the fire has burned more than 4700 acres. it began near the mariposa grove of giant sequoias. you probably heard that they've set up a sprinkler system now to help protect the ancient trees, a mandatory evacuation order remains in place for the community of wawona and the that campground that fire is now 31% contained. developing news right now out of san pablo where fire crews are working on a big brush fire there. this is video from the citizen app. >> shows the flames and smoke. this was just after 12 o'clock this afternoon. firefighters say the fire burned into the area of giant road. it reached about 26 acres in size. but the good news is forward, progress has been stopped. no structures were damaged. no reports of any injuries. firefighters say crews do remain on the scene. they are looking to put out hot spots. >> happening now, smoke from the recent wildfires, including the east bay causing problems with air quality air quality advisor

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investigators say they believe the fire was human caused parts of the 70 national park and the sierra national farce are still shut down. and while the threat to the sequoias in yosemite appears to be over to southern california congressman are co-sponsoring a bill to protect those beautiful giant trees. san diego congressman scott peters and house minority leader kevin mccarthy are proposing 350 million dollars over 10 years. the save our sequoias act with streamline and environmental review for restoring groves. it would also create a reforestation plan. sequoias caw grow to 275 feet high. and 25 feet in diameter. they are the largest trees on the planet. >> happening now, an air quality advisory in contra costa county remains in effect through tomorrow. the bay area air quality management district extended the advisory because of the marsh fire has been burning for more than a month in the area of marsh creek road. and walnut boulevard, south of brentwood. investigators say the marsh fire started at a homeless encampment in bay point. it has since burned and a large amount of pete's. that's

it's what across more than $600.00 hector's into the sierra national forest officials in mariposa county issued several evacuation orders. its the counties, 3rd wildfire in 2 weeks at the east coast of the united states is also suffering due to heat. warnings were in effect from south carolina up to pots of new england . the u. s. heat wave follow, similar conditions in europe last week. science is say that extreme weather will become more frequent due to climate change. flash floods in iran's southern falls, province of killed at least 20 people, according to local reports. it comes off to heavy rain, swelled the rod bol river by the city of s, the ha esteban, that's several 100 kilometers southeast of the capitol to run. rescue teams have been able to bring at least 55 people to safety, but others are still missing. alarms, national meteorology, department, and born residence about the rainfall as the regions been hit by a decades long drought. many experts, a linking to climate change, got people in a slum in rio de janeiro a morning. 19 people killed in a police, re it on thursday. m

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alex: the so-called oak fire now reaching the sierra national forest. the fire sparking friday afternoon southwest of yosemite park, spreading within just one hour. firefighting aircraft battling the stop the flames from the skies as firefighters on the groundwork the dangerous front lights. clouds of dark smoke rising from entire hillsides. >> sheltering in place. alex: cleaving buildings in ruins and coming dangerously close to others. >> the fire was coming towards us faster and faster. alex: doesn't have evacuated in the county's third wildfire in two weeks. >> i'm hoping we are able to get it out before it damages anybody's homes. alex: another concern is the heat. the fire forcing outages. pg&e says 3100 customers are without power with temperatures creeping closer to 100 degrees today. alex presha, abc news, los angeles. stephanie: breaking news from the world health organization. they are officially declaring the monkeypox outbreak of global -- a global health emergency. to could spill over into more countries and require a coordinate a global r

over to the east of the oak fire, the washburn fire inside of yosemite national park in the sierra national forest. >> has burned more than 4800 acres and is still at 79%. containment fire officials say that the majority of the fire that is burning is well within the containment lines and is expected to burn itself out. the u.s. forest service says the cause still under investigation, but they believe it to be human caused. >> meanwhile, in the east bay con-fire says they've ended a week of flooding to douse the marsh fire been burning deep in the pete there they pump some 200 million gallons of bit bay water onto the flames. the fire had been burning in pittsburgh for over a month. firefighters say no apparent hotspots or smoke remain. they will continue to monitor for any flare ups. coming up tonight, the san francisco marathon wrapped up along the city's waterfront. details on the new category added to this year's race. in a rare up close look at the dangers firefighters face on a daily basis is they have to get creative. >> to put out a fire burning inside of a building. and when we ret

it has crossed into the sierra national forest, prompting road closures. the highway 41 entrance in yosemite is closed. jobina: an air quality advisory has been extended in eastern contra costa county because of this, the marsh fire has been smoldering in decaying vegetation in a pittsburg marsh for about six weeks. smoke has been covering pittsburg and surrounding areas. >> when i was driving to work on the weekend, it got so bad i had to turn my lights on. you need an n95. >> contra costa fire officials say these fires are virtually impossible to put out. they are considering flooding the marsh. mideast mission. president biden traveling to saudi arabia today. what the white house says is on the agenda with his meeting with the saudi crown prince. reggie: an actress goes back to social media. she reveals what happened when she starred on abc's fresh off the boat that caused her to leave twitter. lisa: we are looking at the low clouds and fog this morning. 54 in san francisco. 57 in oakland and san jose. numbers are in the mid 50's at the coast, where it

the fire has crossed into the sierra national forest, prompting road closures. park officials say no giant sequoias have burned. we got our first look at the mariposa grove, all of the trees still standing. the cause is under investigation. fire officials say it appears to have been started by a person. in the east bay, efforts to put out the smoldering marsh fire in pittsburgh ramped up. sky 7 was on the scene of contra costa water district flooding the area. millions of gallons will be needed to flood the marsh for the next week. the marsh fire has been burning nearby vegetation for six weeks. if the fire is not put out soon, peat in the marsh could cause the fire to burn for months. the ongoing smoke has caused an air advisory to extend through monday. >> good morning to you as we look outside. what a gorgeous shot. the marine layer at about 1000 feet deep. there is fog, mist, and drizzle at the shoreline. near 100 inland. we have a warm up on the way. we will talk about it in detail next. >> the family of alexis gave resumes another search this morning. why

the fire is not burning in the sierra national forest which will be closed until next month peak 2 firee grove of california's giant sequoia's but we are happy to say they are now safe. >> let's bring in meteorologist kari hall. warm conditions are tough on firefighters. >> very hot with highs in the 90s and then the heat from the fires themselves. it's dangerous for firefighters. maybe they're taking advantage of these cool temperatures in the morning. right now it's in the upper 60s with humidity at 52%. through the day it will turn hot once again and the humidity will drop to 20% which causes the fire to spread more quickly. hopefully they continue to get more containment. a look at the yosemite valley. air-quality is improving and we do see that smoke moving away from us. we are waking up to a clear sunrise. san rafael seeing temperatures in the low 50s. it will continue to be sunny and we are matching yesterday's temperatures heading back to the upper 70s and low 80s. >>> and mike has been watching several issues on the morning commute on the roads and the rails. >> we have this is

the fire has also crossed into the sierra national forest, prompting more road closures. park officials say so far, no giant sequoias have burned. we got our first look today at the mariposa grove and all of the trees are still standing. the cause is under investigation but officials say it appears to have been started by a person. in contra costa county, a stubborn welfare has been causing air quality concerns for residents. a fire burning in peat is nearly impossible to put out, according to firefighters. an air quality alert is in effect through monday. >> it has been good to moderate in that area right now, and i want to show you the air quality for eastern contra costa county through monday because of the wildfire smoke. while the overall air quality for the bay area expected to remain good, the concern is smoke from that fire will still impact the region like it did last night and even this morning where you start to see deteriorating air quality. around rio vista, it is moderate right now. as we check out the conditions near the fire, 85 degrees, southwesterly wind

the fire still 23% contained, flames have spread into nearby sierra national forest. more than 4200 acres have burned since the fire broke out. >> i know you have monitored the air quality everywhere, it's gotten better here. >> yeah, so much smoke and it has to go somewhere, most drifting off to the east and heading toward nevada. as we take a look at where the fire is now, the weather conditions for the fire, the morning starts out with low 60s, humidity of 40% but it will heat up to 96 degrees today, extremely low humidity so there could be erratic wildfire behavior in the area. once again, much of the smoke blowing off to the east and toward south lake tahoe. keep that in mind, there could be times of unhealthy air quality is some smoke will be coming in. here, low clouds, fog, mist and drizzle, another mild day in the city and we will see slightly warmer valley temperatures. >> cheapest places to fill up, arco and south delaware street, $5.43 a gallon there. you will take $.10 more if you go through oakley, prices $5.53 a gallon. speedway express in san francisco

the fire has crossed into the sierra national forest prompting road closures. the highway 41 and turns into your set -- highway 41 entrance to yosemite is closed. air quality officials are advising some people in eastern contra costa county to stay indoors with windows and doors closed. the fire is sending up smoke a six weeks after it started. the fire is burning into large amounts of decaying vegetation. contra costa fire says it is hard to get to and virtually impossible to put out. these fires are often left to burn themselves out. >> i was driving to work on the weekend, i had to turn my lights on. you need and 95 and people that cannot be outside right now. >> and air quality advisor is set to stay in place through tomorrow. let's bring in sandhya patel. let's talk about the air quality. >> what you need to know is the air quality has been fluctuating. it has gone from good to moderate. the latest image i can pick up showing some moderate air quality in eastern contra costa county. the air district has extended the air quality advisory for that region bec

evacuation orders for those living in the area have been lifted, the fire is now burning in the sierra nationaled until next month. the fire threatening the grove of giant sequoia trees but happy to say they are now safe. >>> meteorologist kari hall is here and the hot weather so hard on the fires. >> yes it is in the air temperature tops out in the middle 90s but despite that they are getting the upper hand which is great news so into today from upper 60s in the area to 96 degrees with humidity dropping as well with breezy wind. thankfully we have not seen any strong wind with the air blowing out of the bay area air quality has been good. looking outside in dublin waking up to a beautiful sunrise with a few high clouds moving by and temperatures are in the lower 60s now which will gradually make it to the lower 80s by lunchtime, 80 degrees then and reaching 85 for the high. in oakland a high of 73 degrees and novato in the mid-80s, san francisco 64 and a high of 84 in san jose. more about what's to come into the weekend, more problems for bart. >> in addition to the track site a grass fire hal

the fire started yesterday afternoon and has spread to the sierra national forest.sheriff has forced vacancies and road closures for some surrounding areas. >>> this morning, more than 85 million people are under heat alerts as record breaking temperatures are expected across the northeast united states throughout the weekend. many of us have noticed that these recent heat waves have been more dangerous and happening more frequently. but to raise public awareness and protect lives, cities like los angeles, phoenix, and miami have appointed chief heat officers to address the threat of rising temperatures. here with me now is kathy mccloud, the director of the rockefeller resilience center which is the group leading the appointment of chief heat officers around the world. welcome to you, thank you so much for joining us. i want to talk more about what exactly the role is of a chief heat officer. but let's talk first about this fact. heat already kills more americans than any other weather-related disaster. our elected officials, do you feel, taking this crisis serious

pushing into the northeast and into the sierra national forest. so we are challenged with the conditions of the heat low humidity and just the amount of timber that's dead in there. you can hear the crackling from this fire the vegetation so dry in the temperature so hot that it is just fueling these flames and some of these trees have been damaged by those bark beetles those flames just crawling right up them. dry ground crews were supported by aircraft making water drops in hard to reach places governor newsom securing federal funding to keep resources moving in as crews from across the state have already started to arrive, you know, we've had plenty of fires down our way and people from all over the state and even beyond come and help us and then we go and help others when they need it. as firefighters work to hold contingency lines their warning that the threat is not over reminding anyone who lives in the area to be ready to leave at a moment's notice if you're anywhere in the fire morning zone or perimeter near the fire. you should be ready

yosemite national park has grown another 100 acres over the past. 24 hours crossed over into the sierra national forest, forcing some more road closures there. it's now scorched more than 4800 acres and containment on the fire is now at 39%. mandatory evacuation orders in the area are lifting tomorrow morning. but officials are asking people who do not live in this area year-round to wait several days to come back. and so far, no homes have been damaged by the fire. >> meanwhile, crews say they're making good progress on extinguishing the marsh fire in pittsburgh. firefighters actually flooding the area to put out the smoldering deep in the pete there. multiple pumps were added overnight. officials say the lower areas are filling in. well, they do estimate millions of gallons of water will be needed to attack this fire for about a week. smoke from that marsh fire has been impacting air quality here in the bay area last couple. yeah, and so much so that health officials are actually >> extending an air quality advisory for eastern contra costa county through monday. so joining for more on this to

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. >> crossing into the sierra national forest forcing more road closures. it's now scorched more than 4700 acres and began near the mariposa grove of giant sequoias. there's now a sprinkler system to help protect those ancient trees. a mandatory evacuation order remains in place for the community of wawona and the campground. the fire is now. 31 1% contained with more than 1500 firefighters assigned to it. >> contra costa county fire crews work to contain a large brush fire in san pablo this afternoon. it's video from the citizen app showing the flames and smoke. firefighters say the fire burned into the area of giant road reach. 26 acres in size before crews finally stopped the fire's forward progress. no structures were damaged and no reports of any injuries. but they did. stay on the scene. just watch out for any potential hot spots. take a look at this. this is fire crews flooding pittsburgh marshland today to put out that fire that's been causing. >> poor air quality throughout the east bay contra costa county fire says that they are working with the p

so it's moving more into the sierra national forest the south side of the fire where we had a lot of back away shuns the fit the wind worked in our favor. so able to keep the fire kind of where it was. firefighters are just dealing with extreme fire behavior. spot fires way ahead of the fire. it's a critically dry fields. extreme drought conditions. >> well, we know wind can be a really big issue out there. of course, as dan mentioned, the washburn fire was burning not too far from there. any chance that was an ember that flew over that started this oak fires of just a little too early to know cars right now. >> it would be too far. it would have to for it to be an ember from the washburn fire. >> so what's the strategy right now in the in terms of us getting, you know, into the the nighttime hours and, you know, just seeing how quickly this fire has been moving and just how much it's been able to to chew through. >> the strategy you today was just to take advantage of the aircraft that we had to have them support that >> crews on the ground and just try to keep the fire. you know fr

moving into sierra national forest. at last report had scorched nearly 20 square miles and was 0% contained. very unfortunate. eric: outrage is louder and the rage of the attack of canada for good notorious candidate lee running for senator of new york state. the incident happened on thursday and see the suspect walked up to him with a sharp object. thankfully congressman zeldin was able to grab them for the guy was taken down by other people including his running mate was a former new york city police officer. that suspect arrested first under new york's cashless bail law and released by new york authorities because they did not hold him on bail. that caused a controversy and the feds stepped in because mr. zeldin is a congressman but he is being charged under federal law. house minority leader kevin mccarthy says this all speaks to the larger issue of crime in some cities. >> you look at the crime within our streets. you look at what happened to lead zeldin three that's a direct effect of what the democrat policies ar

the fire had been limited to yosemite but is now also burning in the sierra national forest. the fire is no longer threatening giant sequoias and is burning away from the mariposa grove there at the park. smoke from the fire burning in the delta, near pittsburgh, and bay point continues to be a problem and quality advisory for the area has been extended again. at least through today. this fire has been burning in the marsh since the end of may. fires like this one, which burned in a material called pete can last for months, perhaps even years, contra costa county fire crews and the local water district are working together to pump water from the delta into the fire zone. county officials say they hope that by flooding the area, the fire will be out by the end of this week. time now 708 also new this morning, firefighters and contra costa county spent the night battling several grass fires in pittsburgh. take a look at this photo they shared of the fairway fired burning off golf club road. there were several fires in the same area. about 11 acres burned, but no one was hurt. t