Air quality advisory for Bay Area due to wildfire smoke

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued an air quality advisory for Friday because of wildfire smoke from fires elsewhere in Northern California.

Thicker marine layer cools off Bay Area
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Temperatures are down today compared to Wednesday thanks to a thicker marine layer around the Bay Area.

Hot playground danger: Kids could get third-degree burns from equipment

Playgrounds can turn dangerous in the heat when slides, swings, and benches heat up. Temperatures over 118 degrees can cause a first-degree burn, and temperatures over 131 can cause a second-degree burn.

Above average temps
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Rosemary Orozco says today will see above average temps in the 80s and 90s.

Hottest temps of week expected Wednesday
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Wednesday afternoon will likely produce the hottest weather this week in the Bay Area. Temperatures will remain hot tomorrow before starting to cool off for the weekend.

Warmer, 80s and 90s
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Rosemary Orozco says today will be warmer with highs in the 80s and 90s.

Maui home left untouched by wildfires while Lahaina neighborhood destroyed

Among the charred homes in a neighborhood reduced to ash from the Maui fires stands a single red-roofed home that appears virtually unscathed.

Air quality advisory extended through Wednesday due to wildfire smoke

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has extended an air quality advisory through Wednesday for wildfire smoke from numerous fires in Northern California.

Coastal clouds, warmer inland
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Roberta Gonzales said there will be clouds along the coast and warmer weather, in the 80s, inland.

How a mix of natural and human-caused factors cooked up Tropical Storm Hilary's soggy mess

A natural El Nino, human-caused climate change, a stubborn heat dome over the nation’s midsection and other factors cooked up Tropical Storm Hilary’s record-breaking slosh into California and Nevada, scientists figure.

Is Hilary a harbinger of climate change to come?

Hilary was the first tropical storm to hit California in more than 80 years, but climate scientists expect them to become more common.

Hilary aftermath records intense rainfall in Southern California

One day after the state’s first tropical storm in 84 years, Southern California was busy on Monday cleaning up the aftermath of Hilary.

Wildfire smoke leads to air quality advisory in Bay Area

An air quality advisory for the Bay Area has been extended through Tuesday, due to smoke from multiple wildfires in California.

There's no such thing as 'earthquake weather'

Earthquakes are primarily caused by the movement of tectonic plates beneath the Earth's surface and are not influenced by weather patterns.

Mostly cloudy, possible showers
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Roberta Gonzales says today will be mostly cloudy with possible showers.

KTVU flies with Air Force 'Hurricane Hunters' into eye of tropical storm

Whenever a significant weather system looks to make landfall, the 53rd Reconnaissance Squadron of the United States Air Force Reserves has a job.