It was 106 late Sunday afternoon at the Livermore airport, 97 in Oakland and 96 in downtown Redwood City where an archway proudly reads “Climate Best by Government Test.” In the North Bay, Santa Rosa topped out at 103 and Napa hit an even 100. King City also set a record for the day, at 105. Records are not expected to fall until then, but one place that smashed through the ceiling Sunday was Gilroy, which hit 107 degrees, topping the daily record of 103 set on Sept. PG&E spokesperson Paul Doherty warned that transformers are at risk of overloading and that extra crews would be on duty Monday. Sunday morning, but service was restored to most customers by early afternoon. “This is more of a marathon than a sprint.”Ī blackout hit 2,074 Moraga customers of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. “Even though we will not be breaking a whole lot of records today, Monday and Tuesday should be warmer, and relief will be very slow coming,” said Brayden Murdock, meteorologist with National Weather Service Bay Area. and another Flex Alert is set for Monday from 4 to 10 p.m. Grid operators issued another statewide Flex Alert on Sunday, calling on residents to voluntarily conserve energy between 4 and 9 p.m. Tuesday, and an excessive heat warning until 8 p.m. The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat watch through 8 p.m. State officials urged residents to stay cool and hydrated while people flock to beaches to get a reprieve from the blistering heat. Those San Bernardino temperatures are the kind of heat that may come Monday, which is forecast to be the hottest day of the heat wave. “We’re getting out of the heat here,” Gary said. They had driven up from their home in Grand Terrace in San Bernardino County, where temperatures are expected to hit 110 this week. ![]() One couple who found the low triple-digit heat balmy was Gary and Diana Phelps. Brittany Hosea-Small/ Special to The Chronicle The games are occurring just as an intense heat wave grips the Bay Area. “I’m having a good time,” he said, “but the heat makes me not want to go out.”Īthena McKinnon, 7, gulps water after finishing the Kilted Mile run at the Scottish Highland Games in Pleasanton. Her accompanist, Tony Souza, was dressed in black with a velvet jacket, leather boots and hat, unwilling to sacrifice his look. But she could not forgo the fake mink over her shoulders as she walked the grounds inviting people to join her court and follow along to meet the queen of the St. Americas Smith did not wear the constricting corset under her dress as she normally does. Performers modified their dress wherever possible. “People should prepare and use caution with any outdoor activities.”Īt the Scottish Games, caution amounted to the music and performance stages being set up underneath trees, with listeners sitting on the ground and avoiding direct sunlight. “This is just the first day of real heat,” said Matt Mehle, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service Bay Area. Brittany Hosea-Small/ Special to The ChronicleĮmbracing it was about all anyone could do Sunday, and embracing it is expected to be more of a challenge Monday and Tuesday. ![]() Richard Mounts are handed water as they finish the Kilted Mile at the Scottish Highland Games in Pleasanton. ![]() “You just embrace it,” said Reese Parker, a bagpipe player with the Silicon Valley Pipe Band. There were hundreds like her who voluntarily came to the inland valley which was expected to top a temperature record, to partake of the Scottish Games. “We’re out here to beat the heat,” Karen Baniqued of Livermore said as she and a friend stood beneath the mister under a blue canopy. The top attractions were Slurpees and ice cream, not considered typical Scottish fare, and the place to be was in whatever shade the Alameda County Fairgrounds offered at midday. But the Scottish Games went on as they had for 155 years prior, even as a few hundred attendees wilted in wool blazers and knee socks.
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