County that wasnt there yesterday so we can be thankful that we are making progress albeit slow progress so far and as james mentioned still in the midst of a recordbreaking streak of spare the air alert days, 50s and 60s for your current temperatures with concord and pittsburgh each at 60 degrees. Oakland at 61 right now while San Francisco berkeley much of the north bay hanging out in the 50s to get things started. Robin. Thank you have some trouble spots and lots of heavy traffic to talk about crews are wrapping up a car fire on vasco road right now at one point we had all southbound lanes closed on southbound vasco at the south end of the last week Harris Reservoir but it looks like theyve just released traffic which is good news for people coming out of iran Discovery Bay brentwood trying to get south into livermore but still a lot of heavy traffic there are residual delays leading up to the scene we still have an overturned crash active in san leandro 80 south before to 38. Theyre trying to move this activity off to the shoulder, but its causing some slow traffic back from arena. So you may want to take 5. 80 instead of the minutes also we have this stretch of slowing leaving downtown oakland because of road work 80 south from 9. 80 up to 5th still jammed up and a backup of the bay bridge toll plaza waiting for you to slow from the 80 overcrossing 12 minutes to make it is darya james saints. A lot robin lets get back to our big story this morning which is the businesses that are going to be able to reopen Outdoor Service in Contra Costa County yeah unfortunately its coming at a time when the outdoor air quality is not that great but. Nonetheless crawfords will trend live in walnut creek with more on the businesses that will be able to start opening up outdoors well. They just cant catch a break because theyve been waiting for tomorrow to come for months now, and now covid19 restrictions are starting to pull back just a little bit but unfortunately theyll have to be outside, theyll have to breathe in the bad air fortunately we are trending in the right direction as far as the air quality all talk about that in just a few moments, but i want to draw your attention to the screen. We are in downtown walnut creek, plenty of businesses who are rejoicing because they get to do this. There are some businesses allowed starting tomorrow what they can do contact with your face meaning they can start massaging it they can do. To improve your care as far as your health and beauty but there are Certain Services not available not just yet theres piercings tattoos electrolysis they can open up card rooms but they will have to do it outside. Music Television Activities thats also outside, but it at least its available to you and professional sports, not a lot of them obviously in Contra Costa County. But if you are doing sports also do it outside the reason why its going to be double edged sword draw your attention to them at this time because you are waking up to very unhealthy to unhealthy conditions fortunately. You dont see purple on your screen we saw purple on friday which is probably the worst air quality we can possibly have but a lot of red still on the screen thats very unhealthy to unhealthy and then theres orange which is a little bit better what we want to see obviously are green collars all over the map which means good conditions in walnut creek just like anywhere in the bay area breathing is tough and it was stopped yesterday a little bit better this morning. I dont see the haze just yet but we will see how bad or how good the conditions are today once the sun comes out, but the bottom line is always have your mask with you i have my mask right next to me if you have conditions where you have asthma, especially if youre old or if youre young make sure to stay inside and james jury i read this this morning. I couldnt believe it. But my lying say i believe it because with the current air quality that weve seen especially over the past couple of days, according to many doctors its equivalent to smoking half a pack of cigarettes every day the good news is they say if this of these conditions go away and you take care of yourself even the bad air quality and the bad feelings, you have your long should go away in a couple of days or in a couple of weeks back to you. All right, lets hope so thank you well. Today berkeley leaders are voting on whether to issue fines to people who dont wear a mask, yes, so lets hope the kron 4 Sarah Stinson is wearing her mask issues in berkeley for us this morning. And yes you are good morning. Sara. In james darren nowadays youre wearing a mask for 2 reasons not only for coronavirus but also for the poor air quality in some cases even have to wear. 2 mass one for the coronavirus and especially if you have that val won it you have to put a cloth one over and were living in some rough times. But Berkeley City Council they want to make sure that people are actually wearing their mask i mean were months 6 to 7 months into this pandemic and already a lot of cities and counties have done this and today. City council here in berkeley will be voting on a 100 fine per day and that could go up. For repeat offenders penalties, it could increase. Many other counties as i said im already approved as are measures to enforce mask wearing and prevent the spread of coronavirus wearing a mask is already required in berkeley, theres just no fines enforcing it. You have to wear one when youre stepping into a store waiting in line for Public Transportation inside any workplace really while outside at Outdoor Dining when youre up from your table as well as when youre walking running and biking outdoors and someone is within 30 feet of you very similar language to San Francisco rules and regulations but now the city wants to vote on whether they should find people or not again 100 not to go up and they could go up if you repeat offend so well have to see if they end up voting that meeting is tonight at 6 oclock but. Wonder some people feel like a long time with this has been a Long Time Coming maybe shouldve done it sooner and they wonder some people feel like all its not that mess. Theyre already used to it though to see how people here in berkeley feel for now im live in berkeley Sarah Stinson back to you. All right, thanks a lot. Theyre also in the east bay more vehicle based outdoor gatherings are allowed in Alameda County the updated health order doubles the number of cars. They are allowed to attend an Outdoor Church service from 200 to now 400 cars allowed at those Outdoor Services, the new health order also allows new permits for outdoor live performances. Lectures and presentations and movies Bishop Bob Jackson and acts full Gospel Church in oakland, says its so welcome relief. Weve been on the parking lot weve been having Holy Communion services on for sunday. And it works out pretty well we have the and by then the music with the cars people in the cars and all they led the praise like we always do what were just outside and up and from 200 to 400 cars in the parking lot i think it would be great. With the health order occupants of the cars have to be all from the same household and they have to remain in the vehicle during the entire outdoor event. All right now lets turn our attention to the wildfires and get you updated on our coverage here thousands of firefighters still on the front lines battling dozens of fires that are burning all along the west coast. At least 35 people we know have died in these fires in california long more than 3 million acres has burned with more than 4200 structures destroyed smoke from these fires to is created the poor air quality that were seeing all over our state and the major wildfires burning in california right now include the august complex fires burning up in mendocino and humboldt counties you see they are about 30 contained the north complex fire. Thats burning in butte county is now 39 contained weve got the creek fire. The wind following in Fresno County that 16 contained and lastly the eldorado fire to our south. Now 44 contained and as for the numbers for the local complex fires that are burning here around the bay area. Lets get the good news and that is that they are nearly fully surrounded look the lnu complex fires in the north bay. Now 97 contained the scu complex fires in the east and south bays 98 contained the czu complex fires in santa cruz and san mateo counties now 91 contained and the woodward fire out in Barron County along the coast is now 95 contained this morning. The historic wildfire season in california has turned into a debate over Climate Change and making it a political talking point now and the president is weighing in our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala has more. The president s primary focus for this trip was to get a briefing on the states wildfire situation from state leaders which included governor Gavin Newsome while the 2 constantly criticize each other in public their interaction today was not what you might expect. Air force one touched down in a smoky Sacramento County monday before his briefing with state Emergency Management leaders, President Trump reiterating to reporters his concerns with californias Forest Management i think this is more of a management situation. Country you go to other countries in europe, in a roundtable discussion inside cal fires hangar governor newsome thank the president for the approval of 14 firefighting grants and the federal Emergency Declaration as fires scorch millions of acres across the state knew something knowledge more work needs to be done with managing california wetlands, the majority of which are owned by the federal government but in a respectful exchange the governor told the president the fires are result of the Climate Crisis please respect and i know you do. The difference of opinion out here as it relates to this fundamental issue on the issue of Climate Change absolutely appreciate that the president committing to strengthening the state and federal partnership to double down on vegetation management. But without mention of Climate Change were working on that very hard together and. I think were totally in sync reporting in Sacramento CountyAshley Zavala kron 4 news. Still ahead here on the kron 00 04am morning news a closer look at the damage from fires in the north bay as homeowners return to clean up the mess left behind and San Jose City leaders are coming together to fight Illegal Dumping well tell you what theyre looking to do to clean up the and as we step outside today were doing so with temperatures comfortably this morning in the 50s and 60s talking a warm and hazy afternoon again. And checking in on the bay bridge. We now have a full house heading into San Francisco. It is packed at the bay bridge toll plaza that didnt take long wel its 14 right now want to get a look at the weather and see if its going to be any better than it was yesterday, lets hope so its a little bit of a different john good morning. Yeah, i looked up at the skies guys and i saw some sunshine i wanted to get out there so bad and work out, but air quality is still a little bit rough. So dont let the blue skies to see were not out of the woods just yet, but we are Getting Better which is certainly nice walnut creek hammer certainly looks a lot better than it did yesterday when it was super hazy out there in the east bay. And a look at your air out this morning shows you some noticeable improvements specially in marine county right around nevado center fell out towards the southern end of point reyes where we are seeing moderate conditions for the first time in days. Port report elsewhere. Its a weird that were talking about improvements were still seeing that much bad air but indeed we are working our way in a good direction compared to the worst of air quality we have had skies are yet again dry with a little bit of less marine layer this morning than what we had yesterday. We have strong winds from the south aloft yesterday and thats why when you looked up at the skies for some parts of the day. You actually did see that blue. Those stronger winds up above the bay helped to sweep out some of the smoke that was hanging out above us for surface level areas were still relatively calm so that haze is still pretty stagnant and hanging out right along the surface itself. Its going to take a few days for that to get swept out of the bay, especially on thursday and friday when were going to make a lot of progress in that regard. 6070s for your daytime highs at the coast today will be a touch warmer for inland in bayside areas with 70s 80s for these spots, 80 degrees for saying carlos redwood city at 78 today, san jose back to 80 degrees as well. Well santa clara at 78 east bay temperatures similar range of 70s to 80s with union city at 74 oakland also sharing that number well danville and conquer 87, closest spot to 90 is vacaville at 88 just not quite getting there today, although were likely to see a couple of 90 sprinkled in the rest of the forecast as we make our way into thursday eventually next week as for best days for air quality those will come after thursday and friday, some winds will pick up out of the west on thursday leading to what will be a much cleaner weekend as far as the air goes friday saturday and sunday next week well be heating up but skies will be clear so well take it. All right, thank you john will some of our major trouble spots are now out of the way so the traffic is actually Getting Better out there but not heading into San Francisco. We still have a crowd at the bay bridge toll plaza and the backup is growing which is completely normal but its almost filling back to the bottom of the maze so full house into San Francisco. We have 2 problems on the nimitz and overturned in san leandro and road work in oakland, both are out of the way just a little bit of slow traffic 80 south approaching to 38 but under 15 minutes from downtown oakland into san leandro and our car fire out in livermore finally cleared southbound vasco still pretty slow. Its back up a couple of miles there leading up to the carol sir as a war we had all lanes shut down because of that car fire its out of the way but the traffic is still quite slow into livermore this morning so get out there early darya back to you, thanks a lot rob and the bay area families impacted by the wildfires are weighing in on the topic of Climate Change conference Theresa Stasi was in Solano County. For a hearing there from victims of the lnu lightning complex fires and heres what she found out. Yeah, i definitely think so i mean every year its less and less rain and hotter and hotter and drier summers, and its definitely has to play or on it. A family chaves says friends of hers are now living in a hotel after losing everything in the recent fires that tore through Solano County just one of many dealing with the fallout of this recent firestorm. Though staying on the ground thats been for the wine and mouth out of them. Theyre also 7 years of wine and theyre probably 40 50,000. Dilso balthazar had 15,000 bottles of wine here at his home. He also had barrels he planned to harvest, but all of that is gone, so is his barn, his fruit trees, his kitchen, his bridge. In fact the scope of damage. He suffered when the hennessy fire ripped through the ridge and range down on the valley here in vacaville is profound and he is not alone. His neighbors on both sides lost their homes. Thousands ares now sorting through what is left working with an insurance adjuster when asked about whether he felt Climate Change fuel the fire. He said of course its all tied up together. Have tradition of 20 thunder vision would ends. When its hot. He had about a 20 may have twice about is are says that he was prepared to battle the blazes he feels with his home nestled along Pleasant Valley road. It is a potentially dangerous location. He showed me powerful hoses that he installed the pg e had turned off the power. The fateful night. The fire came through and his solar power failed as well. About is our said that his neighbor was actually able to take buckets and then splash it on his home. You can see that there were parts of his home that did burn but the rest of the structure did remain there still a lot of damage but he said hes very grateful for that and he hopes the really helps Going Forward that there is more done to deal with the issue of Climate Change. Here in Solano County theresa kron 4 news. Lets go to the south bay now where he legally dumping in san jose is taking a major toll on the citys budget city leaders say its going to cost the city an extra 3 Million Dollars than whats currently in the budget for cleanup. This will pay for more dumpsters cleanup crews enforcement a lot of Illegal Dumping come to find out is coming from homeless camps across san jose but also people that are throwing out items as they clean their homes. During this pandemic. That people are buying these sofas and appliances. Theyre looking for ways to get rid of them and thats kind of been the challenge to people dont disposed of appropriately enough on the street or in and or in an encampment unfortunately. But this point crews are picking up 45 tons of trash each and every week if the extra monies approved theyll be an emphasis on cleaning up illegal dump sites as soon as they are discovered. In the north bay police now looking for a shooter who killed someone sunday night in vallejo it happened along sacramento street right near the valero gas station. Police say the victim died at the scene. This. Im alexandra le mon in washington 10 Us Census Bureau said the population count is ahead of schedule. Coming up, ill tell you why that doesnt necessarily mean it will be completed accurately. And were also continuing to monitor the air quality around the bay area and although you see a lot of red and orange on the map it still indicates unhealthy to pour air conditions. Its still a little better than weve seen over the past few days stay tuned. Well have more to forecast in just a bit. Were living in uncertain times, but as californians well get through this together. If your income has been reduced or youve lost your job or your Health Insurance, covered california is here. We can help you find the Health Insurance you need to protect you and your loved ones. And, you may even get financial help to pay for your Health Insurance. So, if you or someone you know is without coverage, visit coveredca. Com to learn more or enroll today. And were back time now 6. 24 the u. S. Census bureau says the population count is ahead of schedule, but theyre still about 13 million households that havent responded yet to the Population Survey and they are at mothers, a risk of an under count as a result, washington dc correspondent alexandra le mon takes a closer look. Tim olson, the associate director of Field Operations at the u. S. Senses says the population count is ahead of schedule we counted nearly 92 of all households in the United States still lawmakers and experts like alex to sign of its with the center for American Progress worry not everyone will be counted. It gets harder to get people to respond to the census as you go the lower Response Rates are disproportionately affecting. Were all communities, communities of color last week House Democrats revealed internal documents from the u. S. Senses that say there could be serious errors because the Census Bureau is rushing the process right now the u. S. Census bureau plans to end the cow one month early and cut Data Processing flight 2 months undercounting could cost some states billions of dollars in federal funding stand seats in congress, it is more likely to use tax large states that also have seen it against minority populations, even olson says he has additional concerns theres severe hurricane activity. In the southeast that will certainly have an effect on our ability to finish up. But the bureau isnt asking for more time that deadline extension request was for me your phone why was it. If the law were to change you know that would obviously provide more time but that hasnt changed in washington, alexandra le mon. Its 6. 26. Well take a break but still ahead a new plan to help out students in San Francisco struggling with Distance Learning. Well have details on that coming up and getting brighter now at sfo is showing you that skies, and we are back 6. 30 is the time taking a live look outside here and you can see this this shots are actually clear in all corners of the bexar walnut creek camera downtown San Francisco golden gate bridge, the bay bridge toll plaza. The haze not near as thick as weve seen over the past few days and hopefully thats a good sign that things are getting clear, i know john was predicting that the forecast models are showing it. As it was looking out for the week ahead looks like i guess its come true. John yeah, definitely nice to see these changes. Although not perfect we are working our way in a better direction than we have been temper on another one of your cameras that showing that hazy glow this morning over that. Bay itself. What you can see though is lights on lights even in the distance that is an improvement from where we were at yesterday. Now that weve got the air uploaded up you can see that we have big improvements from yesterday a lot less of the deep red on the map today and even a return of some yellow indicating moderate up in marin county all this very welcome certainly nowhere close to perfect just yet but improving views and improving quality if you do have to step outside 50s and 60s for your current temperatures, its a cool start to the morning little less foggy than it was yesterday. Later on today, youre also going to notice a bit more sunshine up above and temperatures just a little bit warmer under these brighter skies 70s to 80s Still Holding on for most of the region. Robin. All right, thank you john all of our major hot spots are out of the way we had an overturned we had a car fire in livermore thats all gone and traffic has recovered so lets check on the bridges shall we starting off with 92 the trip across the san mateo bridge busy its been busy since the 4 oclock hour and yes, its still slow here leaving hayward but surely averaging 14 minutes from the nimitz across the span off to what i want so thats a really good drive time. Here at the bay bridge. We have a crowd heading to San Francisco. Its all stacked up from the bottom of the maze right through the tolls up the incline thats completely normal 14 minutes is a great drive time to fremont street and were just now seeing some traffic to land at the richmond sandra fell but no major slowing and all the trouble spots across the span 8 minutes to make it into sandra fell states all right robin thank you its 6 31 students in San Francisco. We need extra support. During distancelearning are now getting some of that help they need the citi open up 45. What theyre calling Community Hub sites. They did that on monday this one here it was set up at them or said heights. Playground and rec Center Students in need of some extra support during this Distance Learning time can get wi fi support supervision all the stuff they need and when theyre done studying they can also spend time on the playground too with other students. A bonus for one 2nd grader that we caught up with. Is making to your kid you tyrion citing a good school like i did last time you play in this big thing is love. No the Community Hubs currently help about 800 students from k through 6th grade. The city eventually plans to open up a total of a 100 sites to serve 3,000 students, including middle and High School Students as well. Time now 6. 32 in Elementary School in Santa Clara County is back open for in Person Learning. Yesterday was the served first day back for a 193 students at action and a primary plus private Elementary School. The School Started the new school year in august with Distance Learning. And then recently they got a waiver to approve in Person Learning in class the schools principal Michelle Herren is going to join us live on kron on today to talk about resuming in person classes and you can watch that interview starting at noon on kron on and kron 4 is airing a special thats focusing all about learning and Virtual Learning tonight, were going to talk to fred as you caters from all around the bay area about how families and teachers and kids are dealing with the pandemic as the schools continue to try to educate our kids but they have to do it from a distance and that poses a lot of challenges as im sure you are aware back to school coping during a pandemic airs tonight at 9. 30. Well in the south where we have Small Business owners and faith leaders saying that Santa Clara County officials are holding them back from reopening indoors right now the county is more restrictive than the state guidelines kron fours noelle bellow has more. Do you think the good parts for conwy shot down is not a solution matthew motherhood with these Silicon ValleyOrganization Led a conversation monday urging Santa Clara County officials to create a better pathway to further reopen the economy the state and the county have 2 different for safely reopening your car. Our are caught in the cross as a result the organization paints a grim picture stating nearly 30 of Small Businesses in Silicon Valley have permanently closed are on the verge of closing. San Jose City Council member johnny camus says with no additional funds coming in to help prop up businesses. Its time for the county to act want to start by saying government cant be all about saying no one ever asked the county to clarify when esta titian services can reopen in a start and here i always receive we dont now has the answer. We have not been classified and it here. This is unacceptable. Those in the health and beauty sector as well as faith organizations are asking the county to consider a fivepoint plan towards reopening which include flooding leaders of the coalition participate in reopening discussions, clear and articulate communication about what businesses can do to allow Indoor Dining in worship. Identifying goals and objectives without moving those targets wants their hit. And if the county is going to be more restrictive than the state. They say they need to provide new funding and grants for businesses we need to find ways to mitigate risks and safely move with the virus. So that our small and working for im a fighting chance to survive in Santa Clara County noelle bellow kron 4 news the Santa Clara CountyPublic Health department is urging residents to get a flu shot this year thats in addition. To what they do to try to prevent the spread of covid Health Officials say the annual flu just the regular flu affects a lot of people in the same demo as the coronavirus said are you know extremely prone to becoming very sick with Something Like the flu or coronavirus if youre over 65, if you have a chronic medical condition. You need to make sure that you get. The flu shot the flu symptoms of the regular flu in the coronavirus are similar. And they could you know be mixed up been mistaken for Something Else and. And then you know you wouldnt necessarily get tested and thats very important. They say that you make sure that you get the flu shot. So youre aware of what what you get hit with no yeah, speaking of the coronavirus overall the state is seeing a downward trend in the number of patients who are in the hospital with the coronavirus and this is actually the first time. The state has seen this few hospitalizations since the start of the pandemic the California Department of Public Health is reporting as of this weekend. There are about 2800 Covid Patients being treated in hospitals. There were twice as many patients back in late july and early august. A doctor with ucsf is warning that although we are doing well right now things can always change as we move forward, so we cant let our guard down. Just a cautionary tale of what can go wrong and now we havent. Really have high schools back in session at least around here. But in places that have had there been outbreaks of high schools, large large numbers of kids quarantine so i think we have to be really careful about the about the schools really careful that adolescents are we have to be really careful about Congress People living in residential. For for college. You know i think thats where the i think that as much as any work anything is where the new cases are going to come from keep that if we can minimize stat we will avoid a certain way. Yeah and to remain on that downward trend doctors are urging people to continue Wearing Masks and to keep socially distancing were going to show you a graph here in a second that illustrates that but first our local numbers. So far the state has recorded more than 765,000 covid19 cases with more than 1400 deaths, 40,000 deaths that statewide locally here in the bay area we have more than 90,000 confirmed cases with over 1200 deaths so far thats for the entire pandemic and if youre wondering whether or not all this effort is working it is. Heres a quick look this is from johns they track daily the number of cases here in california and other parts of the country too but heres californias graphic you can see the dark orange line indicates the 3 Day Moving Average of cases and you can see the state now averaging at last count about 3400 total cases per day which is way down from the peak of more than 11,000 cases that we saw back in july and really if you look at the graph it was about mid august that that trend line started to go severely down which is great news so everybodys efforts wearing a mask and socially distancing is working the numbers are bearing that out. Its back to work for some businesses in San Francisco hair salons barbershops now can see clients indoors under new guidelines. The number of clients is a limited stylists and barbers are complaining though they full. Bookings now leaguer a lot of people to get their hair cut and colored. We really busy as in theres a lot of hair on the floor everybodys come in with 6 months caveman with the growth in its clogging up their dispensing honestly like a big weight has been lifted off my shoulders as you see chad like of tyler hair on the floor, so its it feels good feel. The free born in a sense. Yeah all those people who need their hair done you got to make an appointment not only because you know theyre only allowed to see a certain number of people because you just heard it. The competition is tough Everybody Needs a cut. Fitness centers, they get the green light to reopen indoor training in San Francisco, but the smaller jim say. The tough restrictions are making it virtually impossible gyms are limited to 10 capacity and that includes members and staff. And the physical distance is 12 feet between people who are doing high intensity workouts like cardio machines billy paladinos says its not feasible for the smaller gyms to reopen, he owns tried sf in north beach and he says that he would only be allowed out 3 people total inside at any one time thats hardly enough to pay the bills. Thats going make up that revenue it says the state that will cinderella that she can come to the policy did x y z knowing that she was not going to able to do x y z and you know in a small was limited space im to comply with so the 10 it just really feels like an insincere by the city, im not sure whether thats because they got caught with your gyms you know as early as since july first, but i just really doesnt feel to have these regulations come on top of al attiyah says the larger fitness clubs they might be able to make it work and make ends meet under these conditions but for the smaller ones like his the new guidelines dont help at all. To the east bay, the pittsburgh bar owner now charged for violating Contra Costa Countys covid19 orders, 52 yearold Kimberly Dixon is the owner of scores sports bar on railroad avenue and prosecutors say that she kept her bar open with patrons inside going as far back as june. She also served alcohol to customers with a suspended alcohol license. Bartenders also charged with the unlicensed sale of alcohol as well. Well 20 states, including california are suing the Environmental Protection agency over its rollback of methane emission standards for oil and Gas Production. Last month, the epa formally rescinded the obamaera standards which regulate methane emissions from oil and Gas Production processing transmission and storage. Now the epa also rolled back requirements for detecting and repairing leaks. The lawsuit claims that these rollbacks would accelerate the impact of Climate Change and of course harm Public Health. This lawsuit comes as fires continue to burn the west and midwest as a lot of communities are grappling with floods in the east coast prepares for hurricanes as well. Its 6. 41 and still ahead on the kron 00 04am morning news, the smoke in the air. How bad is it for you and what doctors recommend you do after the break. Ac transit is taking steps to protect riders from coronavirus what theyre handing out to make you feel safe when you ride. And today will be a brighter day than what we have been seeing the past few days more and more sunshine but the low still hazy so dont spend too much time out there, especially not working out the 70s 80s for highs. And for you bay bridge commuters so traffic is pretty heavy heading into San Francisco, big backup waiting for you build all the way back to you on west grand to get out there early well have a compl bay area air Quality Management district extending the spare the air now through tomorrow and thatll make it 30 days of bad air around the bay that is by far a record. There were 13 consecutive spare the air days back in 2018 with the camp fire San Jose State University has been closed since friday because of the poor air quality. Doctors recommend staying indoors if you can. With the windows closed and if you have to go outside. Make sure that you wear a mask. Doctors also say Wearing Masks protects you from the air quality that way and from coronavirus. Meaning the longer youre out there. The worse. And the worst exposure you have so the more particulate matter that can get into your watch the play in your lungs. Air quality is expected to stay on healthy and bad levels throughout the week. And weve been talking to john because john youve been really good about telling us how the weather patterns will help or hurt. So what are we looking at today so today little better than we have been which is a nice step forward were going to get better even yet. Come tomorrow thursday and friday, those are likely to be the best ones of this forecast in fact, especially thursday and friday. This morning noticeable haze out there across the bay youre walnut creek am still showing it. Although improve you as compared to yesterday and improvements here on your air quality about this morning, especially former in county where for the first time in days there some yellow on the screen indicating moderate conditions. Its still very pour for the rest of us so although improvements or beast being seen. Its still not perfect out there nor anywhere close to skies are clear than yesterday fog wise we are seeing as much marine layer across the region and winds aloft have done a number on air quality sitting above the bay south winds yesterday really pushed through helping to sweep out air thats above us. Thats why as you looked up, you saw those blue skies but while you look at the horizon there was still that noticeable hayes winds at the surface have been to calm so the haze is still sitting right with in the bay itself. Well up above us weve seen some progress this will change into thursday and friday air is going to come through at the surface we going to get some good winds thats going to really help to sweep things out resulting in some improvements at least to start the weekend. 60s and 70s for your daytime highs right along the coastline today. Well elsewhere in the bay, it will be 7 east 80s, some hazy sunshine does remain you are going to get more and more the bright skies though, and temperatures will be a little bit warmer under those brighter skies. San jose 80 degrees for your high today while range of 70s to 80s for the east bay too couple of spots getting close to the 90s like danville conquered on up to vacaville which will 88 pittsburgh and fairfield 85 today while returning to the low 80s as well in santa rosa down through center fell. So today, hazy sunshine tomorrow, a little bit cooler for inland areas will hold on to some haze as well. Im expecting thursday and friday to be our cleanest air days thats because we have strong winds that will be pushing in from the south and west really cleaning things up for the start of the weekend. Now saturday and sunday get a little bit iffy thats because those winds relax and we still do have wildfires burning in the sierra and that smoke will be settling into the Central Valley and could drift our direction but well be keeping a close eye on that and keeping you informed. Robin. Thank you john lets start off with a peek at our bridges and will to the busiest one 1st and thats the bay bridge 80 wesson to San Francisco. So still find heavy out there prepare for a weight cash lanes fast track lanes all stacked up beyond west grand just about to the bottom of the maze but still moving well on the suspension. A live look at the golden gate we havent had any problems so far so the trip in from the north bay on south 1 one, well be just fine and then no problems northbound heading out of San Francisco under 20 minutes between highway 37 in the toll plaza. We do have some crowding on the nimitz rolling south out of Hayward Union city theres a new crash southbound alvarado boulevard thats moving off to the side thats why you see that little stretch of slowing and we have a little stretch out of the south bay san jose, northbound one on one between 6 8880. Thats thanks to a crash. Clearing out old oakland road 33 minutes to make it to menlo park chase. All right, thank you very much robin National Headlines this morning Hurricane Sally is barreling towards the gulf coast as we speak lizards lane is in biloxi mississippi with the latest. Prepare for the worst hope for the best thats the motto. Emergency management leaders are taking along the gulf coast. Hurricane sally now a category 2 storm is moving inland slowly, but surely, the National Weather service predicts up to 20 inches of rain in some spots and flash flooding is a major concern particularly near this areas beaches and 3 major rivers i spoke with Emergency Management director rupert lacy. Who says an Evacuation Order has been issued he hopes people will take this seriously waters a leading cause of death during tropical type system. This warm. The shares ray and i dont want it to be a loss of life. Starting have impacts at night. Going into the day and then still having impacts the max right. Its going to a long storm and. I dont want to have a war related death lacey reminding everyone rainfall is the biggest concern with this storm. He hopes everyone will have an emergency plan in place before its too late. Reporting in biloxi mississippi, im elizabeth lane. Ac transit is going to start getting out face coverings and hand sanitizers to riders who need them for free. There will be masks and sanitizer dispensers. Right at the rear door of most of the buses still have been there either today or between in an october 16th will be in. This is part of ac transits new plan to try to maintain and protect the health of riders and also to get people back to mass transit make them feel that its safe. You still should be 6 feet apart thats the best distance bus capacity is also going to be limited to ensure that you have enough room for spacing. Well off the grid is one of the most beloved catering and food truck experiences in the bay area and now theyve partnered with the Fort Mason Center for arts and culture to provide food and concessions at San Franciscos first and only waterfront drive in Movie Theater. Its called off the grid at the movies. And theyll offer classic Movie Theater favorites like popcorn and not chosen candy from its mobile popup space additionally off the grid will feature a rotating network of locally own food providers at each event. The event is launching this saturday. Air quality permitting of course moviegoers are encouraged to use off the grids experience app which enables them to preorder an order from the car to minimize time away from the movie and ensure safety through contactless payment and pick up a fun. Lets have baseball the as up in seattle for a double header against the mariners and they blew a fiverun lead and lost the game. They made up for that one though it came to getting another huge lead and not getting that one up to a split the doubleheader shutting out the mariners in game 2 of the final score of 9 then nothing thats a good recovery. The as will travel to colorado to take on the rockies this afternoon. Meantime, the giants theyre wrapping up their to seattle and sorry. Theyre going to be heading up to seattle to play against the mariners tonight. Well take a quick break its 6. 52 coming up in the next hour were monitoring the air quality it is Getting Better, although were still in port unhealthy air quality categories but its improving, so least hang on to that will get a full forecast with john trouble and morning live report as well. And were also giving a quick live look outside to here at San FranciscoInternational Airport where you can see for yourself that actually a little clearer. Yesterday the day before it was awfully hazy looking was hard to make out the control tower but its a lot ladies. Check it out. So strong. So. Not ripped. Whatre we talkin about. Thats the hefty ultra strong bag hefty hefty hefty whispers gimme. confused give me the bag . Get hefty ultra strong at a low price its 55 on this Tuesday Morning skies are definitely hazy still across the bay area. Although we have seen some modest improvements temper on sitting under some hazy conditions if you look up you can make out a bit more blue than we have the past few days though, air quality is its worst the further inland you get eventually up into the sierra foothills, where theyre still wildfire smoke from multiple fires in the sierra settling down smoke that direction as for the bay area we do see improvements that will continue on through the remainder of this week at least your best air quality days being thursday and friday, 60s and 70s for coastal daytime highs today, well 70s and 80s along the bay and for inland areas. James all right john thank you still ahead on the kron 00 04am morning news. Leaders in the city of berkeley will be voting today on whether to Issue Citations to people who refuse to wear a mask more on that to come and the poor air quality across the bay area could impact businesses that were hoping to reopen Outdoor Service starting tomorrow, well have details in a live report. And well also bring you the latest on the deadly and destructive wildfires blanketing much of the state in smoke will have the latest we love our new home. Theres so much space. We have a guestroom now. But, we have aunts. Youre slouching again, ted. Expired, expired. Expired. Thanks, aunt bonnie. Its a lot of house. I hope you can keep it clean. At least geico makes bundling our home and Car Insurance easy. Which helps us save a lot of money oh, teddy. Did you get my friend request . Uh, ill have to check. doorbell ringing aunt jonis here for bundling made easy, go to geico. Com. Hello . Youre watching. Morning news at 7. Good morning and thanks for joining us on this tuesday, im darya folsom and im James Fletcher we do want to start this morning by talking about the air quality. It is improving though its still unhealthy so us its better but not so much better leave its been almost a month 30 days when the record beforehand was 13. Back in 2018 that puts it in perspective just this wildfire season has left its impact on the entire west coast. But. Right here in the bay area with our air quality, especially hazy conditions do remain, although look at this much brighter view at half moon bay. We saw some brightening skies yesterday today we continue that trend but dont let it fool. Yeah, even though we are looking at brighter conditions we still do have poor air for most of the bay area. Its cleaner the