Bay Area Cooling Centers Offer Relief From Heat Wave
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — As temperatures soar in the Bay Area, residents can seek relief at local libraries, movie theaters and cooling centers to get a little relief from the heat. KPIX 5 Weather...
View ArticleBay Area Spare The Air Alerts Extended Through Labor Day; Poor Air Quality...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A record-breaking string of Spare the Air alerts is now in its third week, with an alert for the region extended through Labor Day mostly due to smog, district officials said...
View ArticleCalifornia ISO Declares Stage 2 Power Emergency for Northern California
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) — The California Independent System Operator (ISO) issued a Stage 2 Grid Emergency early Saturday evening due to high temperatures and power grid loads, as well as fires causing the...
View ArticlePortable Generators Fly Off Bay Area Store Shelves With Continuing Threat of...
PLEASANTON (KPIX) — This weekend’s flex alert raised the specter of more rolling blackouts. Next week’s elevated fire danger has prompted a power shutoff watch. For anyone thinking about going out and...
View ArticleHeat Wave: Amid Pandemic, San Francisco Endures As Popular Draw For Those...
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – As temperatures soar during the Labor Day weekend heat wave, not even the coronavirus pandemic could stop San Francisco from being a popular draw for those trying to beat the...
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Creek Fire: National Guard Helicopter Crews Rescue 200+ Trapped Sierra Campers
FRESNO (CBS SF/AP) — California National Guard helicopter crews frantically airlifted more than 200 people as a wall of flames from the fast-moving Creek Fire burning in the Sierra bore down on them....
View ArticleBad Air Quality, COVID-19 Makes It Hard To Escape 109 Degree Heat In Antioch
ANTIOCH (KPIX) – With scorching hot temperatures, Antioch is known for being one of the hottest places in the Bay Area, but during this heat wave, COVID-19 and the bad air quality are making it hard to...
View ArticleForecast Triple-Digit Heat Brings Weekend Red-Flag Fire Warning, Possible...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A weekend weather system will send temperatures soaring, humidity levels dropping and stir up bone-dry, hot northeastern winds, triggering a Red Flag fire warning across...
View ArticleSan Francisco Bay Area Residents Brace For Scorching Hot Sunday
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A high pressure system edged toward the San Francisco Bay Area Saturday, carrying with it the promise of scorching temperatures, sweltering northeastern winds and an elevated...
View ArticleBay Area Temps Soar, Red Flag Warning Remains In Effect As Glass, Shady,...
NAPA COUNTY (CBS SF) – A Red Flag warning remains in effect Monday as crews battle fires in Wine Country, while the entire Bay Area deals with another day of hot temperatures during a late September...
View ArticleFire Weather Watch For North Bay, East Bay Hills, Santa Cruz Mountains; Hot...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The National Weather Service has issued a Fire Weather Watch for the higher elevations of the Bay Area, as both temperatures and winds were set to rise starting midweek....
View ArticleCalifornia ISO Issues Flex Alert Amid Hot October Temperatures, Conservation...
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) – The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) has announced a statewide Flex Alert for Thursday afternoon, due to anticipated high demand for electricity amid unseasonably...
View Article‘Days Like This Help:’ Bay Area’s Warm Spring Weather Makes Orange Tier Days...
PLEASANTON (KPIX) — Alameda County‘s first full day in the Orange Tier takes place amidst an early spring heat wave, that brought record breaking temperatures across the Bay Area, further lightening...
View ArticleCity Slickers Lose Their Cool Picking Cherries in Brentwood During Heat Wave
BRENTWOOD (KPIX) — Cherry-picking time in Brentwood is the one weekend a year when many city slickers get to play farmer. This year, Mother Nature provided weather to add some realism to the romance....
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UPDATE: Temperatures Will Soar Into Triple Digits By Mid-Week
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Temperatures will begin a steep climb Wednesday, reaching triple digits for communities away from the coast, straining California’s power grid and sucking out even more...
View ArticleHeat Wave To Bake Bay Area, California With Some Temps Reaching Triple Digits
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The Bay Area and the state were set to sizzle this week with forecast temperatures in the triple digits in some inland areas, bringing with it ever-increasing fire danger,...
View ArticleBay Area Heat Wave Rekindles Memories Of Flex Alerts, Rotating Outages
SAN JOSE (KPIX) — The state’s energy supply is in “good shape” for now, but hotter temperatures and an extensive heat wave could result in flex alerts or planned rotating power outages, a spokesperson...
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Bay Area Heat Wave: Cal ISO Issues Heat Bulletin, Urges Conservation As Temps...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – With an intense heat wave expected to bring triple-digit temperatures to much of the Bay Area later this week, officials managing the state’s power grid are urging residents to...
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Heat Wave: Triple-Digit Temps, Full Reopening Brings Crowds To Concord Water...
CONCORD (KPIX 5) — With temperatures soaring into the 100s and COVID-19 capacity limits being lifted, an East Bay water park proved to be a popular destination in beating the heat on Wednesday....
View ArticleBay Area Heat Wave: Cal ISO Issues Flex Alert For Thursday as Temperatures Soar
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A weather system stalled over the Southwest began sending waves of excessive heat into Northern California Wednesday, leading Cal ISO to issue a Flex Alert for Thursday...
View ArticleHeat Wave Lingers; Californians Urged To Continue Conserving Power
LOS ANGELES (CBS SF/AP) — California residents were asked to voluntarily conserve power again on Friday as the heat wave that is baking the U.S. West strained the state’s energy grid and raised the...
View ArticleCalifornia Dodges Outages During Heat Wave But EV Owners Push Grid Capacity
PETALUMA (KPIX) — Although the record-breaking heat wave eased slightly Friday, California ISO again issued a Flex Alert urging Californians to conserve power to relieve stress on the grid. Those...
View ArticleBay Area Escapes Heat Dome Searing Pacific Northwest, For Now
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — The intense heat gripping the Pacific Northwest was originally intended for the Bay Area. As recently as June 18th, long range high resolution forecasts began depicting an...
View ArticleBay Area Warmup Begins Ahead Of Excessive Heat Warning
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The National Weather Service forecast for the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday calls for clear skies and much warmer temperatures in most areas as a five-day heat wave begins...
View ArticleHeat Wave In Santa Cruz Mountains Puts Fire Crews On High Alert
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS (KPIX 5) – Residents along with fire crews in the Santa Cruz Mountains are bracing for hot temperatures and high fire danger, as a heat wave is expected to scorch much of Northern...
View ArticleNorth Bay Crews, Residents Prepare for Extremely Dangerous Wildfire Season
SANTA ROSA (KPIX) — Fire departments throughout the Bay Area report an increase in fire activity but, so far this season, we haven’t seen a wildfire explode out of control. Still, as temperatures again...
View ArticlePortions Of Plumas National Forest Closed As Beckwourth Complex Fire Burns,...
BECKWOURTH, Plumas County (AP) — Flames threatening campgrounds and cabins prompted evacuations and closed off a swath of Northern California forest as the state prepared for another weekend of dry,...
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Drought-Plagued Western U.S. Stuck in Vicious Climate Feedback Loop
SAN FRANCISCO (CNN) — After a deadly, climate change-fueled heat wave smothered the Pacific Northwest at the end of June, historic heat threatens records once again, particularly in the...
View ArticleHeat Wave: Brentwood Wilts Under Withering Temperatures
BRENTWOOD (KPIX) — On the edge of the Delta, Brentwood is getting scorched in this weekend’s heatwave. Residents there say the feeling is a familiar one. “It’s always been hot out here. Lately it seems...
View ArticleSweltering Tri-Valley Temps Send Locals Looking for Relief
LIVERMORE (KPIX) — In Livermore Friday, the thermometer hit 106 degrees Fahrenheit. As soon as people stepped outside, it was clear they needed a place to cool off. “The heat slapped me in the face!”...
View ArticleHeat Wave: Cal ISO Extends Flex Alert Into Saturday; Conservation Encouraged
FOLSOM (CBS SF) — A statewide Flex Alert issued by the California Independent System Operator (ISO) has been extended into Saturday, with officials calling for conservation as extreme heat raises...
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Temperatures To Soar Over 105 Degrees East Of Caldecott Tunnel
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Nothing magnifies the San Francisco Bay Area’s microclimates more than a heat wave stalled over the East Bay. While the four Caldecott Tunnel bores on Highway 24 only stretch a...
View ArticleRoad Construction Crews Brave Brutal Heat to Finish Highway 242 Repaving in...
CONCORD (KPIX) — A 3,500-foot-long section of Highway 242 in Concord is being shut down for repaving on the weekends of July 10-11 and July 17-18. With temperatures reaching triple digits, the concerns...
View ArticleNew Newsom Order Allows Emergency Use of Ship Engines to Boost Power During...
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Saturday that will free up additional energy capacity for the state’s power grid in response to the heat wave in the Golden State and...
View ArticleHeat Wave: East Bay Residents Try To Beat The Triple Digit Temperatures
CONCORD (CBS SF) — Pools and water parks across the San Francisco Bay Area were in high demand Saturday due to the scorching heat. Six Flags Hurricane Harbor in Concord filled up as soon as they opened...
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Latest Flex Alert Issued by Cal ISO Goes Into Effect; Energy Conservation...
FOLSOM (AP/BCN) — A statewide Flex Alert issued by the California Independent System Operator (ISO) went into effect Monday afternoon as officials called for energy conservation. The Flex Alert went...
View ArticleFlex Alert Issued For Wednesday Calls For Voluntary Electricity Conservation
FOLSOM (CBS SF) — A heat wave in the forecast for Northern California has prompted a statewide Flex Alert for Wednesday evening. The California Independent System Operator (ISO) is asking residents to...
View ArticleLake Tahoe Reports 9th Record High Temperature Since Mid-June
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (AP) — Another heat record has fallen at a resort town on Lake Tahoe, marking the 13th time since mid-June that the community has tied or set a new high. The temperature reached 90...
View ArticleWeather Service Forecasts Triple-Digit Temps for Holiday Weekend
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) — The National Weather Service is forecasting warming temperatures in the Bay Area through the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend, with triple-digit temperatures likely in some...
View ArticleSummer Departs With Sweltering Temperatures; Smoky Skies Draped Over East Bay
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Temperatures will soar into the 90s on Tuesday as off-shore winds buffet the San Francisco Bay Area, pulling a plume of smoky, unhealthy air over the East Bay from the fires...
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