Thank you for joining us today. Changes to how the state of california deals with covid19 are coming. Today Governor Newsom unveiled a four tier approach using the colors purple, red, orange, and yellow to determine how counties can move toward reopening. Purple means most nonessential businesses can operate outdoors, but some like hair salons and malls can open indoors at limited capacity. Red means more indoor businesses like museums and movie theaters can reopen with restrictions. Orange means places like indoor wineries and bowling alleys, for example, can open. And at the yellow level, all indoor businesses can reopen with modifications, physical distancing is still required. So are masks and health screenings. The state is also making this change. We also have a criteria not just 21 days on moves between tiers but also two weeks of steadiness before you move into those tiers. Every county in the bay area is purple except San Francisco and napa, which are red. The new framework is up to the discretion of each county, meaning they can be more rigid but not less. Now, the governors new guidelines were announced after San Francisco mayor london breed loosened the citys own rules. Small Business Owners immediately cried foul that San Francisco is being too restrictive and threatening their survival. Heres abc7 News Reporter david louie. Theres so much uncertainty, and i know theres so much frustration. Reporter the level of frustration and uncertainty is only growing after Governor Newsom laid out a reopening plan. But city and county rules prevail. We hear from the state one thing, we hear from the city another thing. Its just this ping upon back and forth. You know, thats not how you run a business. Reporter under the state plan, a long list of businesses can reopen with limited capacity. Gyms at 10 for example, but hair salons dont list a capacity limit. Retailers and shopping malls can open indoors at 50 capacity. By contrast, mayor breed says starting tuesday, hair salons and gyms can open outdoors only. Gym owners say its difficult to find the space to secure equipment outdoors. Our industry is literally collapsing, and it is all based on the fact that San Francisco department of health is not making a rational decision about whats open and what is not able to open right now. Reporter late today the Mayors Office issued this statement. San francisco is currently reviewing the states new tiered system for reopening. Nothing has changed today in San Francisco. The owner of two salons said wind and smoke make it difficult to do hair outdoors but shes grateful for the citys revised rules. I dont know that ill be able to operate in a way thats really profitable or beneficial to the business, but at this point were so behind on paying our bills that anything is better than nothing. Reporter the mayor did make clear why its imposing tighter restrictions. Ultimately what we dont want to do is open up these places and then all of a sudden see a spike and then have to go backwards. Reporter in San Francisco, david louie, abc7 news. Now to the major fires burning in northern california. Im sorry, dion. No, no problem, dan. On to our next story where Alameda County loosened its Health Restrictions today, allowing salons to offer haircuts outdoors. Abc7 News ReporterAmy Hollyfield went to one barbershop that opened for the First Time Since march. Reporter Robert Marcella hasnt had a haircut since february. Its not a look he has been proud of. I rarely wear hats except for the past six or seven months. Reporter he was one of the first customers here this morning at the temescal alley barbershop in oakland now that Alameda County is allowing outdoor haircuts. Its a day even the mayor of oakland has been waiting for. Ive already made my appointment to get this rapunzel trimmed a bit. Reporter not all salons have the space, and the city of oakland is trying to help accommodate that with flexible permits. For example, rock ridge and more and more every day have actually applied to get full or partial street closure. Were able to build right off of the shop. Were super fortunate for that. Reporter owner brad roberts worked hard to create this outdoor salon. He built this porch and bought new chairs. His traditional chairs weigh about 300 pounds and couldnting moved outdoors. He now only has room for threerf still,es excited to be open. It was very challenging when everyone all the counties around us were opening up and we werent allowed to. That was very hard to deal with, you know. Its like you want to do the right thing but its just like, wait a second. Covid doesnt stop at county lines. Reporter they wont make as much money out here, but there is a fun payoff. Watching seven inches of hair fall away from a customer. It feels great. Its a nice to feel a little bit of air back on the head. Reporter creating the space wasnt easy, but you cant argue that the demand is definitely there. This shop is booked solid for the next week. In oakland, Amy Hollyfield, abc7 news. Now to the major fires burning in northern california, the scu lightning complex is the second largest fire in state history at nearly 373,000 acres. It is 35 percent contained. The lnu lightning complex in the north bay is also 35 contained. And the czu lightning complex in santa cruz and san mateo counties is at 26 containment tonight. The mceent released this video today of what it saw fighting the czu lightning complex fire. So much is destroyed in this fire sadly, and today abc7 News Reporter chris reyes talked with a resident who wrote a love letter to all that his family lost. Reporter thats wallace j. Nichols walking through the wreckage that was the home he built with his family from the ground up. But if you can believe it, there was one other thing harder than seeing the ruins in person, and that is putting these words to paper. My dearest wallace grace. Its a letter to his daughter, who had just left for college, telling her that the home she grew up in was gone. It felt like a 20year walk that i was trying to portray. Reporter the house that stood here was nestled in the redwoods just north of davenport. It burned at the height of the czu lightning complex fire last week. But to listen to nichols words is to imagine the home rising from the ashes. Ill let him take it from here. We built your home around you when you were still inside your mother. I thought a lot about every piece of wood and stone. People who visited always asked about the overbuilt stoutness and soulfulness of our home. I always said that i built the house around my baby girl to protect her and raise her and her sister. Youre housed in the redwoods by the creek and ocean lasted nearly 19 years. It held thousands of visitors, beautiful music, salmon dinners and rich, deep conversations. I had hoped that it would be yours someday, and i was working hard to keep it. It burned to the ground in a wildfire caused by lightning in the most beautiful storm ive ever seen. I believe it served its original purpose fully and completely. You are strong thanks to this home. You are made of mill creek water, the fruit from our trees. I wish i could have protected our home. Please carry the sweet memories with you wherever you go. Reporter jay nichols signed his letter simply dad, just one more example that fighters didnt destroy mere structures but homes fully loved. From santa cruz county, chris opoweul abc7 news nice him to share that with us and you. Meanwhile, a vacaville Animal Rescue is thanking neighbors and firefighters for helping protect their ranch during the lnu lightning complex. Zinger ranch has over 100 rescued farm animals. The owner, missy benz inger and her family were told the safest option might be to leave the animals at the property. But days after the lightning strikes, the flames got close, and the ben zingers and neighbors began to frantically get most of the animals out and to safe places. They came back to the property working together with firefighters to put out spot fires, learning how to fight fire as they worked. Weve kind of become this inhouse Firefighting Team of people that are just too stubborn and a little too defiant. Defiant and determined. They worked hard. Missy says theres a lot of wor. Nice to see her smile as well. Warriors coach steve kerr is criticizing Jared Kushner for comments he made about the nba protest of the shooting of jacob blake by a kenosha, wisconsin, police officer. During a cnbc interview, kushner implied the players strike was just a night off from work with no real action. Kushner is married to first daughter ivanka trump. Kerr tweeted, jared, your fatherinlaw spreads hatred and division daily. Spare us your confused lecture and try to teach the president to not be racist. Meantime, San Francisco giants skipper gabe kapler tweeted his support of the Players Alliance by donating his salary today. The Players Alliance was formed by a group of black Major League Baseball players as a platform for positive change. The Alliance Announced they would be donating their salaries from the games on august 27th and august 28th in honor of Jackie Robinson day. Today, the nba announced all basketball arenas will turn into voting locations for the 2020 elections. All of this part of the deal to resume playoffs tomorrow. It is still not clear, though, if that will include the warriors home, chase center in San Francisco. Well, it has certainly been a very tumultuous week regarding racial issues. Large protests over the Police Shooting of jacob blake in wisconsin sparked a temporary boycott of professional athletes. Violence against africanamericans was a key topic in todays march on washington, of course. Exactly 57 years after dr. Martin luther king jr. Led the 1963 civil rights march on washington. Abc7 news anchor eric thomas has the story. No justice,ceep i tstiny place in the Nations Capital. People are dying on the streets and people are getting away with it. Reporter a small group of about 20 protesters moved by anger and fear after police in kenosha, wisconsin, shot jacob blake numerous times in the back and motivated by the anniversary of the march on washington. It scares me. Im scared. Im scared. I have two kids. Im scared for them because i dont know i dont know whats going to happen to them. All power to the people all power to the people things are getting worse and worse, and we just want justice. We want peace. Reporter today relatives of blacks shot by police took to the National Mall in washington to call for social and political change. It was an echo of the historic poor peoples march on washington in 1963 led by dr. Martin luther king that led to his iconic i have a dream speech. University of San FranciscoPolitical ScienceProfessor James taylor says the participants were different this time, but the Historical Context was much the same. The march on washington made sure that they commemorated the death of emmett till because that was the whole launching of the Civil Rights Movement months before rosa parks. Reporter this week we saw professional athletes in the nba and Major League Baseball force the cancellation of games to protest what happened to jacob blake. And future athletic hopefuls were watching. Oaklands gerald nervous is a scholarship baseball player at Grambling University in louisiana. Like many young athletes, the outfielder is struck by what hes seeing. Thats really brave of them. I feel like to set aside, you know, the entertainment of the sport and kind of focus on a broader spectrum of social justice. Reporter what the pros are doing is making an impression far beyond the hardwood or the baseball diamond. In emeryville, eric thomas, abc7 news. A lot more to come here. Testing is a big part of getting schools ready to reopen. The strategy and possible solutions in the covid19 pandemic that may s dee bay ty man is brightening the lives of others and maybe changing the way donations are done. Its made for this guy a veteran who honorably served and its made for her shes serving now we made it for all branches and all ranks whether they served one tour or made a career of it. We also made usaa for military spouses and their kids usaa is easy to work with and can save you money on auto, home and renters insurance. Become a member today. Get an insurance quote at usaa. Com quote usaa. What youre made of were made for get an insurance quote at usaa. Com quote and the hidden smiles. The foggy glasses. And the muffled laughs. A simple piece of fabric makes a big statement i care. Wear a mask. Lets all do our part to slow the spread. Governor newsom today announced a new Eviction Moratorium bill. Tenants would be protected through january as long as they pay at least 25 of their rent. They also must file declarations with their landlord that they are suffering Financial Hardship because of the pandemic. The bill has to get a twothirds vote in the assembly and the senate to pass and all by monday night when the legislative session ends. Going back to school will be a big milestone for life after coronavirus. Experts at Stanford Medicine are now offering to help School Districts do exactly that. It has to do with screening staff for covid19. Abc7 News Reporter chris nguyen has the story. Reporter with Distance Learning now the norm, parents across the state are dreaming of when theyll be able to send their kids back to school. But for that to happen, the state says teachers and staff will need to be tested for covid19. How its done will ultimately be decided at the local level. In the case of the Burlingame School district, a partnership with Stanford Health is already in the works. Our district is being proactive about finding ways to be able to do that. Thinking outside the box, its fantastic. Im im so happy to hear it. Reporter district officials are working on a plan for employees to be tested on a monthly basis starting in november when inperson learning is expected to resume. If the district takes on the responsibility of testing, have employees opt in, have us pay for the testing and then the results on any positivities would be sent to the district, which would then help us to reach the reporting requirement and the monitoring requirement that the governor has put out. Reporter the district says it could cost up to 24,000 a month if all of its nearly 300 employees opt into the program. Stanford would then conduct the testing at school sites for staff. We can garner their expertise about testing, and they can garner our expertise about how that could better integrate with the Public School district so that we could sort of put together a plan. Reporter researchers would also get valuable insight into data that could help them formulate recommendations in the future. Were helping them as we are doing here. Were helping them to try to interpret what those test results will mean in terms of bringing teachers back, bringing students back, and how do you scale the way schools reopen. Reporter parents here glad to know that these two organizations are now working together for the health and safety of all. Its so important that we get especially these younger kids back to school in a safe manner and back on campus in some way, shape, or form. Reporter in burlingame, chris nguyen, abc7 news. We do have a spare the air day through sunday as you can take a live look from our tam cam. Pretty murky out there. Abc7 news meteorologist sandhya pa announcer now your accuweather forecast with sandhya patel. Good evening, everyone. As we look towards downtown oakland right now, do continue to expect the air quality to suffer. Air quality around willetts, ukiah, unhealthy to very unheal. Other parts of the bay area, it is good to moderate in the north bay. East bay, you are seeing some poor air quality. San francisco, oakland moderate. And as we look at the santa cruz mountains, thats one place where were actually seeing good air quality right now. Visibility is suffering. Two miles in ukiah, down to four miles in concord and livermore because of that smoke. Wind is beginning to pick up in San Francisco out of the west to 20. If the sea breeze strengthens a little more, that will help to mix out some of the smoke at least temporarily, but not for the weekend, which is why a spare the air alert continues right on through sunday. Poor to unhealthy air quality expected but perhaps an improvement. Moderate air quality monday, tuesday. Slight improvement. Live doppler 7 showing you fog near the coast. Sea breeze definitely cooling the coastline. Upper 50s there. Inland areas are in the upper 80s. We warmed up to the low 90s in our inland valleys so certainly warmer away from the coast. Mountain tam cam, you can see how murky that view is because of the smoke and fog. Smoke impacts and poor air quality will continue. Spare the air through the weekend and the summer heat builds sunday through next week. Right now near the lightning lnu lightning complex fire, it is 80 to 90 degrees. Humidity is up there, 32 to 45 . The winds are pic