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Today’s forecast from Newsroom Meteorologist Gerry Díaz . hottest weather yet . A combination of two weather systems is helping drive this quick shot of hot and hazy air into the wider Bay Area. A ridge of high pressure in the Southwest is drawing heat from the Mojave into parts of the Bay Area that neighbor the Sacramento Valley. Meanwhile, northerly winds blowing around 2,000 feet (that’s about two Sutro Towers) above the Earth’s surface are bringing smoke from the Six Rivers lightning complex fire , burning in Humboldt and Trinity counties, into Central California and the Bay Area. The hot air will blast into the Bay Area today, bringing 90 to 100-plus degree temperatures to areas east of the Caldecott Tunnel, the Napa and Sonoma highlands, and South Bay cities along the 101 corridor between Morgan Hill and Gilroy. Balmy 70 to 80-degree temperatures will mix down into parts of San Francisco. After peaking today, the heat will begin to slowly subside tomorrow … [Read more...] about 100-degree temps and haze headed to the Bay Area. When will the heat break?

Polls indicate that Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney is likely to lose her primary election Tuesday, largely because key figures in her party have coalesced behind her challenger Harriet Hageman. One such figure is California Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who campaigned for Hageman Monday and spoke to Fox News about the race. The House Minority Leader is not known for his wits on Capitol Hill — so much so that there was a lengthy Politico article about how many congressional reporters "don’t think he’s the sharpest tool in the shed" but don't articulate this belief publicly because "stupid may be one of Washington’s last taboos." When speaking to Fox on Monday, McCarthy offered a few garbled sentences, including: "The principle philosophy is less government, an idea of freedom in the aspect that just the concepts of a country that's conceived in liberty and dedicated proposition that we're all it has," and "I think [Cheney's] whole focus has been different. Her whole focus has been against … [Read more...] about Liz Cheney mocks Kevin McCarthy’s speaking skills ahead of Wyoming primary

With the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) set to carry out improvement and repair works at the Malad Hill Reservoir, the western suburbs of the city will have to endure a complete water cut on Thursday and Friday. Residents from areas in P South, P North, R South and C Central wards will be affected due to the repair works. These include Goregaon (East and West), Malad (East and West), Kandivali (East and West) and Borivali (West). “The BMC has taken up the work of cross connection of 2,400 mm water main with 1,500 mm water main at Malad Hill Reservoir from Thursday to Friday midnight. The repair and connection work is complex so we require a complete day to execute it. This is being done to improve water supply in the city,” Sanjay R. Arte, deputy head of Hydraulic Engineers Department (western suburbs), said. After completion of the work, the tunnel will be recharged and water supply will be restored to the areas. The BMC has requested the affected citizens to cooperate … [Read more...] about Residents of four wards brace for dry days as BMC cuts water supply

New Jersey Republican Tom Kean Jr., who is going head to head with vulnerable Democrat Rep. Tom Malinowski in the November election, told Breitbart News that his opponent is “out of step” with the voters on multiple issues. “He doesn’t understand the importance of having parents involved in the kids’ education,” Kean Jr. said in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News. “I think parents should be at school boards and should have a role in their kids’ education and just goes to show Tom Malinowski is out of step with his constituents.” Kean Jr. went on to say he opposes critical race theory and had voted against it when he was in the New Jersey state Senate. Critical race theory is an academic framework claiming America is systemically racist and that different groups are either oppressed or oppressors based entirely on the color of their skin. “It’s very clear from his rhetoric and his actions that he doesn’t understand the importance of parents having a voice on their kids … [Read more...] about Tom Kean Jr. Slams Malinowski for ‘Being Out of Step with Voters’

Mumbai witnessed heavy showers on Tuesday as the rain intensity increased in the city after a gap of a few days. The weather department has predicted occasional intense rain spells in the city in the next 24 hours. According to civic officials, there was no report so far of any major water-logging in low-lying areas. Trains and bus services of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) were running normally, they said. Early in the morning, there was either no rain or light showers in most parts of the city. The heavy downpour started around 10 am, they said. Between 10 am and 11 am, Parel and Dadar received 14 mm rainfall, while Malabar Hill and Nair Hospital areas received 19 mm rain, a civic official said. In the eastern suburbs, 12 mm rainfall was recorded at the Vikhroli fire station and 11 mm at Chembur fire station during the same period, while the Malvani fire station and Chincholi fire station in western suburbs recorded 22 mm and 20 mm rain. The … [Read more...] about Heavy Rain Lashes Mumbai; MeT Dept Predicts Occasional Intense Showers in Next 24 Hours

India added 13,405 new coronavirus infections in a single day, taking the virus tally to 4,28,51,929, while the active cases dipped below two lakh after 49 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,12,344 with 235 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The daily COVID-19 cases have remained below one lakh for 16 consecutive days. The active cases declined to 1,81,075 comprising 0.42 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has further improved to 98.38 per cent, the ministry said. A reduction of 21,056 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded as 1.24 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded as 1.98 per cent, according to the ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,21,58,510, while the case fatality rate was recorded as 1.20 per cent. The cumulative … [Read more...] about Active Covid-19 Cases in India Settle Below Two Lakh After 49 Days

Over the past two years, COVID-19’s adverse impact on the California restaurant industry has been profound, with many being forced to close their doors permanently. Small business owners that did manage to somehow make ends meet and survive — like me — still face an uphill climb. I’m the CEO of Pretzel Power, a small franchise business started by my parents in 1993. We brought the first Auntie Anne’s Pretzels and Cinnabon locations on the West Coast. We currently operate 11 stores as a franchisee with locations in Pleasanton, Hayward, Milpitas, San Jose, Livermore and Tracy. Through the franchise model, my family has built a business of which we are extremely proud. Our employees are family, and we pride ourselves on fostering a positive work environment with opportunities for our team members to learn valuable skills so they can advance within our company. But my business is once again under attack, as California legislators are considering Assembly Bill 257 , dubbed … [Read more...] about California’s proposed fast food bill isn’t what it seems

Home Depot is seeing sustained demand for goods related to home improvement projects despite soaring prices and mortgage rates for homes. Despite record profit and revenue, the Atlanta home improvement chain maintained its guidance for the year. Revenue for the three months ended July 31 rose 6.5% to $43.79 billion, which topped projections of $43.35 billion on Wall Street, according to a survey by Zacks Investment Research. Sales at stores open at least a year, a key indicator of a retailer's health, climbed 5.8%, and 5.4% in the U.S. While the number of customer transactions fell 3%, the amount shoppers spent per transaction rose 9.1%. Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData, said Tuesday that there was some inflation baked into the numbers. “This is one of the reasons why Home Depot’s average ticket has risen by 9.1% over the prior year," Saunders wrote. "While inflation does not account for all the gains, it has flattered Home Depot’s numbers." Saunders … [Read more...] about Home Depot posts record profit, revenue; sticks to outlook

A quick skim of the CDC’s latest COVID guidelines might give the impression that this fall could feel a lot like the ones we had in the Before Times. Millions of Americans will be working in person at offices, and schools and universities will be back in full swing. There will be few or no masking, testing, or vaccination mandates in place. Sniffles or viral exposures won’t be reason enough to keep employees or students at home. And requirements for “six feet” will be mostly relegated to the Tinder profiles of those seeking trysts with the tall. Americans have been given the all clear to dispense with most of the pandemic-centric behaviors that have defined the past two-plus years—part and parcel of the narrative the Biden administration is building around the “triumphant return to normalcy,” says Joshua Salomon, a health-policy researcher at Stanford. Where mitigation measures once moved in near lockstep with case numbers, hospitalizations, and deaths, they’re now on separate … [Read more...] about The Pandemic’s Soft Closing

Rose Huntington-Whitely has opened up about how her body has changed since having a baby. The supermodel, 33, poses on the cover of this month's Elle UK magazine and looks incredible, but she says she is "starting to see fine lines" and notices the difference in her figure. She is mum to three-year-old Jack, who she shares with her partner of 10 years, actor Jason Statham. When asked about how she feels about ageing, Rose told the magazine: "As someone who's built a lot, if not all of their business on looking a certain way, there may come a time when my answer to this is truthfully quite different, but I'm still 33 – so I'm starting to see fine lines and perhaps things don’t sit where they did pre-baby, but I'm OK with it, I can make it work. Rose Huntington-Whitely has opened up about how her body has changed since having a baby ( Image: ELLE UK/ QUENTIN JONES) Rosie looks incredible in her photoshoot for Elle magazine ( Image: ELLE UK/ QUENTIN JONES) … [Read more...] about Rosie Huntington-Whitely says she’s OK with how body has changed as she poses in underwear