karina nova has more on the flex alert. ama: we begin with sandhya patel, joining us live from the roof, with a look at the numbers. sandhya: the numbers so far are manageable. we have mid-90's inland, but that's going to change very quickly. let me show you the excessive heat warning that is in effect, beginning at 11:00 a.m. saturday for all inland areas. the hills. it runs until 8:00 p.m. tuesday. coastal communities, bay shoreline under an excessive heat watch. temperatures in the upper 90's to 100's. lake county, 110°. a dangerous heat wave over the next three days. the holiday weekend, heat risk will be rising. record temperatures are expected. numbers hit their extreme on monday, which is labor day for our, inland communities -- labor day. for our inland communities, never leave kids in pets -- and pets in cars. check on relatives and neighbors. i will be back with a closer look at this heat wave, coming up. dan: here we go. this extreme heat also means a strain on california's power grid, and that's why state offic

nova has been tracking the energy use and joins us live with to karina i'mma we all need a break at this point, but unfortunately, we're under a flex alert for a tenth day in a row californians being asked to conserve energy to avoid overextending the power grid. here's a look at today's outlook. the current demand does look much better than what we saw earlier in the week. but now cal iso says there are new concerns. the most extreme weather has slowly begun to change and now we're seeing significant escalation of wildfires. and and certainly what i think is now currently a tropical storm kay bringing a whole new set of challenges. kelly so says the storms and southern california cloud cover and smoke from the mosquito fire will decrease our solar energy by about 40 to 60 percent. that's about 5 to 6,000 megawatts. again, that's why we're under another flex alert until 9 pm tonight. the goal is to get through this week with no major planned outages which so far we have been able to accomplish by the way. there are about 4,000 people without power right now in san ramon according to pg&e

anchor karina nova who is live in our newsroom karina. we are now on a level 2 energy emergency alert. that means your power could be shut off because the demand is so high they would need to stabilize the power grid. in fact, pg&e says they're contacting about hundred and twenty five thousand customers who might experience rotating outages for about one to two hours today. and right now is the worst time as people come home from work to office essential that we find ways to conserve in our homes in businesses. you can check your bill for your block number or you can go to pge.com/rotating outages at the very top you'll see a little button there. it says today's outage blocks the one on yellow right there. then you scroll down you type in your address to out which block you're in and then check below to see if you can be impacted block 50 customers are not usually included and rotating outages because they share a circuit with a hospital or other. facilities more than 50% of customers are in block 50 again if your power is shut off pg&e s

anchor karina. nova is monitoring the energy demand very closely. she's in the newsroom with the latest karina. well right now dan we're under a flex alert and a level two energy emergency alert. meaning rotating outages are possible once again, and you are asked to use less energy and over the last few days during this extreme heat people have been doing their part and that seems to be working in preventing massive power outages. here is a look at the online cal iso demand trend that's happening right now. it's updated every five minutes yesterday. we broke a demand record right now. you can see as we move along there. we're close to that forecasted demand. and in this might have helped lower that demand just this afternoon some pg&e customers received a message like this one on their phones. this is a pga and e. rotating outage alert saying the state's electric grid operator has issued a notice that rotating outages may be required today if the demand for electricity exceeds supply and an emergency alert like this one popped up on phones yesterday

karina, nova, abc seven news all right, karina. thank you. let's move on to the weather. i'm a we're talking about rain coming. won't really change our fire risk, though, right, sandia, but we love anything we can get. absolutely it will help with the fire danger. but dan and mama here's the thing. fire season around this time of year with down sloping or offshore winds really tend to dry out the atmosphere. we're in a drought, so it's not going to erase the fire season. we're going to need a lot more rain than that. and it is certainly not going to be a drought buster, but it will be beneficial and it will be welcome. so let's take a look at the storm impact scale exclusive to abc seven. it is a one, which is a light storm sunday through tuesday, although rain chances will go up. for the north bay as early as tomorrow night. let's take a look at that early season storm it is developing in the gulf of alaska. it drops down. it'll just sit here off the california coast for a couple of days, which is why we are concerned. hazardous travel is going to be higia sunday morning

karina nova, abc seven news thank you. let's get to abc seven news reporter on sir hassan, who was live near the scene as we continue our team coverage. answer. what's the latest? very good afternoon. some good news. firefighters seem to have gotten control of this fire. as corinna mentioned this is quickly street about four homes were burned on this street. no reports of any injury. but as corinna reported , one firefighter was taken to the hospital treated for heat related injuries. you can see the fire got dangerously close to this chevron gas station. which had aot

, nova abc 7 news karina. thank you. one of the bay area's most beloved music festivals is officially back. the first in person hardly strictly bluegrass in three years is underway at golden gate park six stages a lineup that includes some big names. you got elvis costello emmylou harris as well as some up-and-coming indie acts hardly strictly bluegrass runs through sunday, and it is free to everybody and kristen looks like it's going to be some pretty nice weather outside nice weather at times maybe a little marine layer. i don't mind that happens. yeah. sure does sand. yes the bay area it is the bay area and it's that time of year when we do see the marine layers. so kristen and larry, let me show you the forecast for hardly strictly bluegrass. it's gonna start out with some drizzle and fog tomorrow and then cooler for the afternoon mid-60s on sunday 64 degrees a mix of fog son breezy. so even though it is going to be pleasant in golden gate park for the hardly strictly bluegrass festival definitely pack a s

so you'll want to be ready just in case live in the newsroom karina nova abc 7 news karina. thank you some of the hottest spots in the bay area right now are in. bay abc 7 news reporter suzanne fawn joining us live from livermore. they hit a record yesterday suzanne. i think it was up like 110 and perhaps another record today. pretty crazy that it was that hot across the bay area. there are scattered outages right now and right here in livermore where we're at. they're about a hundred customers without power. meanwhile the thousands of customers that were impacted overnight and early this morning. they tell me that just relieved to have it back. it's been on 77 and now it's getting hotter even with the air on nancy. mckenzie is dealing with the blistering heat the best way she can inside drinking ice cold water enjoying her cool house fans fortunately right now her air conditioning is working last night. it was a different story. it was awful. it went out about 10 after six. and i just looked at the fan i was sitting with my husband and everything stopped. she's worried abou

i'm karina nova abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 5. am you can tune in for the weather wanna remind you there's an excessive heat warning it goes into effect tomorrow at 11am for most of the bay area. so you'll want to tune in for the weather for spencer spencer chris. thanks for joining us. check out this time space wormhole i creat how's it work? let me see your togo, and i'll show you. "poof" burt, you have my lunch. introducing togo's new pastrami cheese ste loaded with our world famous pastrami, sauteed mushrooms, roasted red peppers, and smothered with melty american cheese. the new pastrami cheese steak. try steak or chicken, too. now at togo's (mellow music) - the bay area is a golden destination and healthy living. but are you missing out on life's simple joys, hindered by chronic dental issues?

nova abc 7 news even hotter karina. thank you because heat affects everyone differently. the national weather service has developed a heat risk forecast. take a look at this. it provides a quick view of risk potential over the coming upcoming seven days. it scales similar to the air quality index from a green zero, which is no elevator risk to magenta for which is a very high risk for everyone over an extended period you can check that out now if opeos7 neom wel despite the excessive heat in brentwood a popular water park is closed today abc 7 news reporter loose pena spoke with disappointed families about this and she is live in brentwood with the story loose. donna just checked my phone and it's a hundred and twelve degrees here in brentwood. it is hot and the families that you see right behind us are making good use of this small water park located right outside of brentwood city hall, but about five minutes from this location many kids were not as lucky. nine-year-old randy and 11 y yer old joshua don't know each ot

. >> i am karina nova your watching "getting answers." live on abc seven every day we talk with experts issues important to the bay area and get answers real-time. we have authored david ambrose asked -- sharing his experience overcoming homeless and working up the ranks of the walt disney company, he was even honored by president obama. what you need to know if you plan on visiting a park anytime soon. gavin will share some exciting plans for the future as well. first, this weekend a vigil was held for a mother murdered last week in san carlos, the man accused of beheading karina castro is behind bars. rafa solano faced a judge today for the first time. joining us is valerie. >> thank you for having me on. >> this case grab the attention of so many people wondering how something so horrific could happen. as we had reported karina had a restraining order against rafa. bringing up the question of how effective are these restraining orders. in your expertise how effective is that? >> this is a unique case for many reasons, the new informati

our meteorologist will have the cooling forecast and abc seven news karina nova is on our our watch. reporter: for the 10th straight day we have another flex alert, this one began at 4:00 and will end at 9:00. the sky has been quite hazy today. larry: mike nicco, once again from his rooftop perch with a cooler forecast in a better weekend ahead. >> it feels nice out here. you can feel the breeze coming off the ocean as the marine layer reestablishes control over most of our neighborhoods as you move inland that is why it is only five degrees cooler in livermore and seven in fairfield. those are the areas in the 100s livermore is close to a record high. you are 106, 102 in brentwood, 106 and fairfield. 100 and cloverdale. say goodbye to those that's the last time we're going to see those. more of the 70's and 80's around the bay, even the 60's in the coast. tomorrow we're dropping from the mid 100s down into the mid and upper 80's and even next week, we are going to be below average with a touch of fall in the forecast for tuesday and wednesday. until we get there we do have this, k,

good afternoon i'm karina nova. >> i am dan ashley, residents are worried about an explosion of street bending in the mission district, the concern about stolen drugs -- goods and drugs being sold there as well. >> san francisco crews are about to crack down on vendors without permits. reporter: starting tomorrow san francisco public works expect others -- inspectors will start to confiscate items that do not have permits and refused to leave the area. 24 hours city officials will begin the enforcement. >>. we apply for a permit to sell in the street reporter: it is the final warning before the san francisco public works department begins to crack down. >> we want to free up the travel people getting on and off the buses. reporter: starting at the mission and 20 four st or plaza you can see what appears to be stolen goods and drugs sold in the open. four months residents and business owners have complained about lack access, they have voted to rre every street owner to have a permit. reporter: are you glad it is finally happening? >> yes, the street now is terrible. especially the bus

anchor karina nova is live in the newsroom with the latest on the power situation. karina: we are in the final stages of this heat event. i'm sorry to say we are not out of the woods yet when it comes to the strain on the power grid. let's take a live look on the demand now. you can see the system demand is low, the forecasted demand, which is great news as we hit to the four to 9 p.m. peak time. some good news. while it may feel a little cooler today, we are once again under a flex alert. you're asked to conserve energy to help avoid strain on the power grid. here's the big concern from kauai so. >> our forecast today is forecasted to be about 46,700 megawatts. but it's potential today with of these storms, and smoke that we could lose as much as 40% to 60% of our solar capability compared to wednesday due to the rain, clouds and smoke. this is a significant risk variable. karina: the grid is impacted by what is happening around the state. the smoke is coming from the mosquito fire burning more than 30,000 acres near placer and el dorado county. pg&e is reporting a

anchor karina. nova is live in the newsroom karina. how are we doing so far? we'll take a look at that in just a second, but we are in the final stages of this heat event, but i'm sorry to say we're not out of the woods quite yet when it comes to the strain on the power. grid now, let's take a look at it. this is a live look at the demand right now and you can see the system demand is below the forecasted demand, which is great news, especially at this time. i look so much better than it did the last four days now despite the cooler temperatures. we're still being asked to conserve energy. here's the big concern from calaiso our load forecast for today is forecasted to be about 46,700 megawatts, but it's potential today with with the storms clouds and the smoke that we could lose as much as 40 to 60% of our solar capability compared to wednesday due to the rain clouds and smoke. so this is a significant risk variable. as we know the grid is impacted by what's happening all over the state. the smoke mentioned is coming from the mosquito fire burning about 30,00

karina nova, abc seven news thank you. let's get to abc seven news reporter on sir hassan, who was live near the scene as we continue our team coverage. answer. what's the latest? very good afternoon. some good news. firefighters seem to have gotten control of this fire. as corinna mentioned this is quickly street about four homes were burned on this street. no reports of any injury. but as corinna reported , one firefighter was taken to the hospital treated for heat related injuries. you can see the fire got dangerously close to this chevron gas station. which had a lot of local residents concerned. this is video from earlier the fire broke out around two p.m. firefighters seem to have gotten control of the fire around three p.m. this is the corner of delaware and 35th avenue here in oakland laurel district. the fire also started several spot fires along 5 80. we're told that three lanes of westbound traffic on 5 80. are closed as fire crews worked to stop the spread. now the cause of the fire is still under investigation

nova is in the newsroom. all right, karina. how are you doing? a good question dan right now. we're okay, but we are under another level 2 energy emergency meaning rotating outages are still possible. once again, pg&e says they gave advanced notice to about 525,000 customers and there is some good news when it comes to that flex alert. it seems like people have been using less energy during those four to nine pm peak times and that's worked in preventing massive power outages. here's a quick look at the online cal iso demand trend now and yesterday we broke a demand record, but you see that red line that red line is good. that means that we are not above where we where the critical time is right now, so we're in a good spot. we should be okay, but the six to seven o'clock hour, that's the critical time when it comes to energy use. this might have helped lower that demand just this afternoon some pg&e customers received a message like this one on their phones. this is a pg&e rotating outage alert. it says saying the state's electric grid operator has issued a notice that rotati