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THIS IS KCRA THREE NEWS AT FIVE. WHAT IS A KCRA 3 WEATHER IMPACT DAY TODAY? OUR TEAM IS TRACKING TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES AND THEN SOME. THE AREAS THAT COULD BREAK RECORDS TODAY. CREWS BATTLE A WILDFIRE THAT’S PROMPTING AN EVACUATION WARNING IN EL DORADO COUNTY. THE PROGRESS THEY’VE MADE SO FAR. STATE LAWMAKERS SET TO VOTE TODAY ON LEGISLATION THAT WILL PROMPT A SPECIAL ELECTION ON REDISTRICTING THIS NOVEMBER. WHERE THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW. WELL, TODAY IS A KCRA 3 WEATHER IMPACT DAY, AND THIS MORNING WE’RE BRACING FOR A STRETCH OF TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES IN OUR FORECAST. AND THAT’S EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. GOOD MORNING AND THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. I’M MELANIE WINGO IN FOR DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK AND I’M TEO TORRES. LET’S HEAD RIGHT NOW TO METEOROLOGIST TAMARA BERG. YOU’VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR DAYS, TAM. YEAH. THE HEAT IS BUILDING, AND YESTERDAY WE GOT A LITTLE TASTE OF WHAT TO EXPECT. HERE’S A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. EVEN OUR MORNING TEMPERATURES ARE FEELING A BIT UP A LITTLE BIT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE AN EARLY RISER AND THIS IS YOUR TYPICAL WAKE UP TIME IN THE 5:00 HOUR. YOU MAY STEP BACK THAT WARM COFFEE AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, I’M GOING TO PUT IT OVER ICE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE IT IS A MILDER START TO THE DAY. THE HEAT WILL BUILD TODAY WITH VALLEY HIGHS 100 TO ABOUT 105 IN THE FOOTHILLS, EYEING MID AND UPPER 90S. I’M ALSO GOING TO BE WATCHING FOR SOME INCREASING CLOUD COVER AS MONSOON MOISTURE STEERS INTO OUR NECK OF THE WOODS STARTING THIS AFTERNOON. RIGHT NOW, 65 DEGREES OUT THE DOOR IN SACRAMENTO, 63. AS YOU’LL NOTICE IN FAIRFIELD. WELL, YOU HAVE JUST A TOUCH OF A DELTA BREEZE. THERE’S NO COOL AIR THAT’S COMING IN ON TOP OF IT. 62 RIGHT NOW. STOCKTON 66 FOR YOUR START TO THE DAY IN MODESTO. WE’RE IN THE LOW 70S IN AUBURN AND PLACERVILLE AND HANGING ON TO LOW 40S UP AT THE TOP IN TRUCKEE AND TAHOE, WHERE THERE’S NOT MUCH WIND. IN FACT, THE AIR ACROSS THE REGION IS PRETTY STAGNANT FOR THE MOST PART. NOT MUCH OF A BREEZE IN STOCKTON MODESTO. AND THERE’S THAT SOUTHWEST WIND AT NINE IN FAIRFIELD. BUT AS I MENTIONED ALREADY, NO COOL AIR ON TOP OF IT AS WE’RE JUST NOT SEEING THE MARINE LAYER. IT’S REALLY KIND OF SQUASHED DOWN FOR THE MOST PART ALONG THE COAST. SO THE DAY AHEAD, PLAN FOR THE HEAT AND HAVE A HEAT PLAN, ESPECIALLY AS THE KIDS ARE BACK IN THE CLASSROOMS, BACK TO SCHOOL AND YOU’RE HEADING INTO THE OFFICE, TRY TO DO ANY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY BEFORE LUNCHTIME WHEN THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S, AND THEN WE GET BEYOND LUNCHTIME, WE START TO REALLY HEAT UP WITH THOSE HIGHS AGAIN IN THE VALLEY FEATURED 100 TO AS HIGH AS 105 IN A FEW SPOTS IN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES. A CLOSER LOOK AT THE FORECAST DIALED INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT’S 502 RIGHT NOW. GOOD MORNING BRIAN, WHAT ARE YOU TRACKING FOR EARLY COMMUTERS? WE’RE GOING TO START HERE ALONG INTERSTATE 80. AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY INTO THE SPLIT. AND IF YOU’RE HEADING OFF TO SACRAMENTO OR OFF INTO WEST SACRAMENTO, ALL CLEAR ON THAT STRETCH OUT THROUGH THE CAUSEWAY AND BEYOND, THROUGH TO THE BAY AREA. INTERSTATE 80 OUT OF ROSEVILLE. ALSO CLEAR AND 50 OUT OF FOLSOM. NO PROBLEMS HERE. WE’RE LOOKING AT I-5 NOW AND 99 FROM ELK GROVE. A LOT OF GREEN ON THE MAP. NO DELAYS HERE FOR STOCKTON. ALSO INCIDENT FREE ACROSS HIGHWAY FOUR AND 12. HEADING OFF INTO THE DELTA. EARLIER HIGHWAY FOUR A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THERE WAS A FIRE NEAR A BART STATION, BUT THAT SO FAR IS OUT, NOT CAUSING ANY DELAYS ON THE FREEWAY, BUT IT WAS PUTTING SOME SMOKE UP FOR A LITTLE BIT. 205 OVER TO 580 A MINOR DELAY ACROSS THE TOP RIGHT NOW, JUST BREAKING INTO THE RED AT 25 MINUTES ON THE TRACY TRIANGLE. 580 OVER THE ALTAMONT PASS, 26 MINUTES. 12 MINUTES BETWEEN MODESTO AND MANTECA HERE IN SACRAMENTO. NINE MINUTES OUT OF ROSEVILLE ON 80. 15 MINUTES OUT OF FOLSOM ON 50. 99 IS A NINE MINUTE RIDE I5 11 MINUTES COMING IN FROM ELK GROVE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BRIAN. SO WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW OUT OF EL DORADO COUNTY THIS MORNING. AN EVACUATION WARNING IS IN PLACE DUE TO THE COYOTE FIRE. THAT FIRE STARTED JUST AFTER 2:00 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON NEAR CEDAR CREEK ROAD AND COYOTE HILL LANE. IN THE SOMERSET AREA. SO HERE’S SOME VIDEO OF THE FIRE FROM OVERNIGHT. THIS IS FROM AN ALERT WILDFIRE CAMERA. AS OF THE LATEST UPDATE FROM CAL FIRE. THE FIRE HAS BURNED JUST OVER 550 ACRES. NO CONTAINMENT ON THIS ONE JUST YET. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. AND THE FLAMES ARE TRIGGERING THAT EVACUATION WARNING WE TALKED ABOUT. AND THAT MEANS PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREAS SHADED HERE ON THIS MAP SHOULD BE PREPARED TO LEAVE AT A MOMENT’S NOTICE. THAT WARNING IS WEST AND SOUTH OF OMO RANCH ROAD AND NORTH OF THE AMADOR COUNTY LINE. AUTHORITIES SAY THE BEST WAY OUT IS MOUNT AUKUM ROAD. MEANTIME, A PART OF HIGHWAY 108 IS CLOSED THIS MORNING AFTER A FAST-MOVING GRASS FIRE DESTROYED ONE BUILDING AND DAMAGED THREE OTHERS. THE FIRE SPARKED AROUND 4:00 YESTERDAY NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF RIVERBANK. HIGHWAY 108 IS CLOSED BETWEEN SLOUGHHOUSE AND SNEDEGAR ROADS. FIRE CREWS SAY THE FLAMES JUMPED HIGHWAY 108 DUE TO STRONG WIND. AT ONE POINT, THERE WAS ABOUT 40 FIRE ENGINES FIGHTING THE FLAMES. WE SPOKE TO A NEIGHBOR WHO JUMPED IN TO SAVE HIS OWN HOUSE. MY SISTER, SHE CAME INTO MY ROOM SCREAMING LIKE, HEY, THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE. SO ME, I’M THE BIG BROTHER OF THE HOUSE. SO I JUMP INTO SURVIVAL MODE, GRABBED THE WATER HOSE AND I RAN OUTSIDE TRYING TO SPRAY THE FIRE UNTIL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GETS HERE. HE SAYS HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE THANKFUL THE CREWS ARRIVED IN TIME, AND THAT THEIR HOME WAS SPARED. FIRE IS NOW FULLY CONTAINED. IT BURNED 10 TO 15 ACRES. THE CAUSE IS. IT DID CAUSE A POWER OUTAGE. WE UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW ABOUT 200 CUSTOMERS ARE STILL IN THE DARK. THEY EXPECT TO RESTORE POWER BY 6:00. THE MODESTO FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS CREWS ARE KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR ANY FLARE UPS HERE. NO WORD ON HOW IT STARTED. RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE IN EL DORADO COUNTY AND AMADOR COUNTY ARE ASKED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR AN AT RISK MISSING PERSON. TAKE A LOOK. THIS IS 85 YEAR OLD GEORGANN WILMOT. OFFICIALS SAY SHE’S BEEN MISSING SINCE 7:00 LAST NIGHT. AND SHE WAS LAST SEEN IN PLACERVILLE WEARING A LIGHT BLUE LONG SLEEVED SHIRT AND BLUE JEANS. SHE’S BELIEVED TO BE DRIVING A BLUE 2013 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER THAT’S ON YOUR SCREEN. IT’S SEVEN C 512. IF YOU SEE HER, CALL 911. NOW TO A LIVE LOOK AT THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING. AND STATE LAWMAKERS ARE EXPECTED TO VOTE TODAY ON LEGISLATION THAT COULD LAUNCH A STATEWIDE SPECIAL ELECTION ON REDISTRICTING. DEMOCRATS ARE PUSHING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER SO CALIFORNIANS CAN VOTE ON NEW MAPS TO POTENTIALLY SEND FIVE MORE DEMOCRATS TO THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. A BILL WAS INTRODUCED MONDAY. IT WILL BE VOTED ON LATER TODAY. LAWMAKERS WILL HEAR ARGUMENTS FROM BOTH SIDES BEGINNING AT 9 A.M. MEANTIME, CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT REJECTED A REQUEST FROM REPUBLICANS TO FREEZE THE EFFORT TO REDRAW CALIFORNIA’S CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. REPUBLICANS FILED AN EMERGENCY PETITION EARLIER THIS WEEK. THEY CLAIMED CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS VIOLATED THE STATE CONSTITUTION BY NOT WAITING 30 DAYS BEFORE TAKING ACTION ON REDISTRICTING LEGISLATION. THE CHIEF JUSTICE WROTE THAT REPUBLICANS FAILED TO MEET THEIR BURDEN OF ESTABLISHING A BASIS FOR RELIEF. AT THIS TIME. FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS BACKING GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM’S REDISTRICTING MAP. HE GAVE IT THAT ENDORSEMENT WHILE HE SPOKE AT A FUND RAISER FOR THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE. THAT’S A GROUP THAT WORKS TO FIGHT GERRYMANDERING. OBAMA SAYS IT WOULD BE HIS PREFERENCE TO NOT HAVE POLITICAL GERRYMANDERING. BUT HE SAYS HE SUPPORTS CALIFORNIA’S EFFORT, GIVEN THAT EFFORT IN TEXAS THAT’S GOING ON RIGHT NOW TO APPROVE NEW MAPS THAT WOULD TURN OVER FIVE CONGRESSIONAL SEATS TO REPUBLICANS THERE. HE CALLS CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS STANCE A, QUOTE, RESPONSIBLE APPROACH. MEANWHILE, IN TEXAS, THE STATE’S LOWER HOUSE APPROVED THE REDISTRICTING BILL THAT’S DESIGNED TO SEND FIVE MORE REPUBLICANS TO CONGRESS. THIS IS THE BILL THAT SPURRED GOVERNOR NEWSOM’S PUSH FOR CALIFORNIA’S REDISTRICTING PLAN. THE TEXAS SENATE IS EXPECTED TO TAKE UP THE BILL IN COMMITTEE THIS MORNING, AND TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT IS POISED TO SIGN IT QUICKLY AFTER THE SENATE APPROVES IT. MORE SEMIFINALISTS FOR THE JOB OF SACRAMENTO CITY MANAGER WILL INTERVIEW FOR THE ROLE NEXT MONTH. A COUNCIL MEMBER, RICK JENNINGS OFFICE SAYS 94 PEOPLE APPLIED FOR THE POSITION. A SMALLER POOL OF APPLICANTS MADE IT TO THE PRELIMINARY INTERVIEWS, THE FIRST OF WHICH WERE ON WEDNESDAY. THE NEXT WILL BE SEPTEMBER 2ND. AFTER THOSE TWO INTERVIEWS, SESSIONS WRAP UP, A HANDFUL OF CANDIDATES WILL ADVANCE TO THE ROUND OF FINALISTS. JENNINGS OFFICE SAYS CITY LEADERS HOPE TO HAVE A DECISION ON THE NEXT CITY MANAGER BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT MONTH. WELL, AS WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE TOP OF THE NEWSCAST TODAY IS A KCRA 3 WEATHER IMPACT DAY, AND WE’RE EXPECTED TO HIT TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES LATER TODAY. THE HEAT IS PROMPTING SEVERAL WEATHER RESPITE CENTERS TO OPEN IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. THAT INCLUDES THE WARREN E THORNTON YOUTH CENTER. IT WILL BE OPEN FROM TODAY AT ONE AND STAY OPEN UNTIL TEN MONDAY MORNING. THE OUTREACH ENGAGEMENT CENTER ON AUBURN BOULEVARD WILL BE OPEN FROM 10 A.M. TOMORROW TO 8 A.M. SUNDAY. THE SAM AND BONNIE PARNELL COMMUNITY CENTER WILL ALSO OPEN TOMORROW FROM 8 A.M. TO 8 P.M. CALL 211. BEFORE YOU GO TO CHECK CAPACITY THERE, FLIERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR FREE SAC RT BUS RIDES TO THOSE CENTERS ON ANY DAY THAT HITS 100 DEGREES. CITRUS HEIGHTS POLICE WILL OPEN THEIR LOBBY ON FOUNTAIN SQUARE DRIVE FROM NOON TO EIGHT. AND ELK GROVE, THE WACKFORD COMMUNITY COMPLEX, WILL OPEN AS A COOLING CENTER FROM 1 TO 8 P.M. BOTH TODAY AND TOMORROW. OKAY, AT 509, WE’RE GOING TO TURN THINGS OVER AGAIN TO TAMARA BERG AND TAMARA. I THINK IT ALWAYS BEARS REPEATING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A HEAT WAVE, THAT MEANS SORT OF A CHUNK OF TIME WHEN WE HAVE TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES, YOU KNOW, PROLONGED HEAT, ESPECIALLY INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. NOW, TODAY IS GOING TO MARK ANOTHER DAY OF HOT TEMPERATURES. YESTERDAY WE KIND OF STARTED THINGS OUT. WE HAD A HIGH OF 100 AND SACRAMENTO. YOU LOOK AT THE SATELLITE LOOP FOR THE MORNING, WHAT’S INTERESTING IS THERE’S NOT A LOT OF DETAIL TO SHOW YOU. TYPICALLY, MOST MORNINGS I TALK ABOUT THE MARINE LAYER, BUT IT’S JUST KIND OF SQUASHED OUT OR GONE IN MOST SPOTS. THERE’S SOME PATCHES OF FOG ALONG THE WATER THERE IN SAN FRANCISCO DOWN TOWARDS MONTEREY, BUT THAT’S ABOUT IT. YOU CAN ALSO SEE A FEW HIGH CLOUDS HERE OVER PARTS OF THE DESERT, AND EXPECT THAT SOME OF THESE CLOUDS WILL KIND OF FAN THEIR WAY INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DURING THE AFTERNOON. RIGHT NOW, 62 DEGREES, ONE OF THE COOL SPOTS IS STOCKTON. GOOD MORNING FAIRFIELD HEADING OUT THE DOOR TO 63 AT 65 RIGHT NOW IN SACRAMENTO. 70 FOR YOU IN AUBURN AND WAKING UP TO 41 IN TRUCKEE. I DO EXPECT TODAY IN THE MOUNTAINS. WHILE THOSE CLOUDS WILL BUBBLE UP ALONG THE CREST OF THE SIERRA, NOT EXPECTING THUNDERSTORMS IN TRUCKEE OR TAHOE BASIN, IT’S GOING TO BE A HOT DAY TODAY. PLAN FOR THAT IN QUINCY WITH A HIGH OF 198 FOR YOSEMITE FOOTHILLS PLANNER TODAY. EXPECTING MID AND UPPER 90S FOR 98. IN SONORA TO 97 IN PLACERVILLE. MID 90S TODAY IN GRASS VALLEY AND NEVADA CITY. WE’LL BE IN THE UPPER 90S AROUND LAKEPORT WITH THOSE INCREASING CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON HUNDRED TODAY IN FAIRFIELD, NOW CLOSER TO THE WATER, YOU GET SOME RELIEF FROM THE TRIPLE DIGITS AT 78 TODAY IN SAN FRANCISCO. IT’S HOT TODAY. LODI MAKE A PLAN FOR THE HEAT 101 STOCKTON STEPPING UP TO AS HOT AS 105 TRACY 102 MODESTO AT 102. AND TODAY IN SACRAMENTO, IF WE HIT THAT 103 MARK, WE’RE GOING TO BE TYING THE RECORD ON THIS DAY. BROKEN BACK IN THE 1960S. ALL THE CLOSER LOOK AT HOW LONG NUMBERS LIKE THIS WILL STICK AROUND FOR COMING UP IN TEN MINUTES. IT’S 511. BRIAN, WHAT ARE YOU TRACKING FOR OUR COMMUTERS? EASY DRIVING HERE IN THE SACRAMENTO AREA AT THE MOMENT. AS YOU’RE HEADING OUT ON TO THE CAUSEWAY FROM WEST SACRAMENTO, OUT TOWARDS DAVIS. NO PROBLEMS HERE. EAST AND WESTBOUND. AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT 80 COMING IN FROM ROSEVILLE. STILL ALL CLEAR. HIGHWAY 50 CLEAR OUT OF FOLSOM AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY IN AND I 99 NORTHBOUND OUT OF ELK GROVE. NO DELAYS THERE THROUGH STOCKTON HIGHWAY 12 OUT OF LODI, ACROSS 99. ALL CLEAR THERE. AS YOU CAN SEE ACROSS THE MAP, JUST A WHOLE LOT OF GREEN THERE. WHERE WE DO RUN INTO SOME RED IS ACROSS THE TOP OF THE TRACY TRIANGLE THAT IS BUILDING NOW AT 27 MINUTES FROM I-5 TO FIVE 8580 OVER THE ALTAMONT PASS, A 26 MINUTE RIDE AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY FROM 205 TO 680. 99 FROM MODESTO TO MANTECA A 12 MINUTE RIDE, NO DELAYS ON 120. AND HERE IN SACRAMENTO, 80, 50, 99 AND I-5 CURRENTLY RUNNING AT THE SPEED LIMIT. BACK TO YOU. GOOD DEAL. THANKS, BRIAN. YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW. 512. VOTING AS MANY STATES KNOW, IT COULD SOON CHANGE. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS LOOKING TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU CAST YOUR BALLOT. I’M RACHEL HERSHBERGER AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH HOW A POPULAR WAY OF VOTING