The Police Escorted and protected the white nationalists versus how they harassed and prevented us from getting on bridge. Reporter in an email statement, a spokesperson with the Golden Gate Bridge district writes reporter but some people documented instances of not being able to walk across the bridge, even though they say they were not with the counterprotest. You let them go, but why not me . I believe you have underlying motives. Thats wrong. It was clearly racism in play. Reporter a bay area nurse at the bridge to promote covid19 best practices tells abc7 news she saw it, as well. Its just like racialized medicine, i witnessed racialized Law Enforcement at the bridge yesterday. Reporter izzy says the e. And therefore didnt need a permit. But the Golden Gate Bridge district says there is an exception that applied here. Only one expressive activity is allowed in the same physical space at the same time, citing reporter several people appear to be arrested by chp. Abc7 news reached out to chp and is waiting to hear back from the Golden Gate Division for more information. Melanie woodrow, abc7 news. New at 6 00, a total of 24 people were arrested during protests in oakland last wednesday, friday, and saturday over the Police Shooting in wisconsin of jacob blake. The Police Department says many of the people taken into custody are not prothe city. We saw protests take a violent turn on friday and businesses were vandalized. There was a similar protest on saturday where bottles were thrown at police and someone pointed a laser at officers. This is certainly a very tense time and theres a lot going on. If you are dealing with issues of racial or social injustice, we want to help you find an ally go. To abc7news. Com takeaction for a list of local resources. Turning now to the issue of health and while the headline today may be california hitting 700,000 diagnosed coronavirus cases, we are seeing some positive trends. The state reported 4176 new cases today, well below the sevenday average, which is over 5,000. 28 deaths were reported, the lowest number in quite some time. The sevenday Positivity Rate is 4. 9 and it has been a while since it has dipped under 5 . The Positivity Rate is a good indicator of how rapidly covid19 is spreading. Masks have been a central issue in stopping the spread of the virus, and today, on getting answers at 3 00 p. M. , we asked our special correspondent dr. Patel how long we can expect to wear a face covering. I would suspect well be Wearing Masks through the end of flu season next year. Flu season could run all the way into spring, late spring, because remember, once a vaccine comes out, and a vaccine will come out, it doesnt necessarily mean its going to be widely distributed for everyone. Just because you hear one will be available, doesnt mean you can run down to cvs and grab one. Now, a new color coating system goes into effect today, giving some businesses the go ahead to reopen. You can see there on the key on the left side, yellow is about as good as it gets, meaning Coronavirus Spread is minimal. Orange is moderate. Red is substantial, and purposele is widespread. Nearly every bay area county is purple except napa and san francisco, which are red. In Sonoma County, some good news for barbershops, hair salons and malls. They are open again. But as Wayne Freedman discovered today, there is still plenty to be desired. Reporter not exactly blue skies above Sonoma County today, just low hanging smoke. Even for Business Owners who had good reasons to look up now that theyre open again. Jerry expanded his business just before the Coronavirus Closures hit. Today as the county allowed salons to reopen, his customers and staff practically raced back. This is like being down in the last round and just using all of your strength to get up off the canvas and fight another round. Reporter this has not been easy. Two months since the last closure, a total of five months closed all year. And other businesses have had it worse. Imagine if you owned a gym. 14 days to be exact. Reporter 14 days is how long adam has been open without restrictions. While waiting for a go ahead from the state, hes built an outdoor workout space, but most of his customers are gone. The logic of forcing gyms to remain closed escapes him. Covid19, its a problem but good health is the solution. Reporter meantime, hes had to lay off 100 people. Theyre like my family. It kills me. And its six months and theres no end in sight. Reporter no end, and no blue skies. Wayne freedman, abc7 news. In the east bay, a slew of businesses are reopening today or changing how they operate in contra costa county. You can get your workout in. Gyms and Fitness Centers can take customers but have to do so outside. You can get a massage if you want, but it too must be done outside. Nail salons are allowed to open, but like gyms and massage studios, they can only do business out of doors. San Francisco Mayor london breed meantime is hinting of a big announcement tomorrow regarding the citys reopening plans. As you can imagine, Business Owners are desperate to open after operating in a limited capacity for almost six months. Barbershop says hes barely making ends meet. We need to reopen, you know, i dont know how else to say it. Because i have barbers that are behind on rent, behind on mortgages. Barbers that have family members and kids they have to take care of. Kids they have to feed, including myself. And it doesnt make sense at this point. Its not realistic. Bob says just having Outdoor Dining just isnt cutting it. This new color coded system for reopen kg be confusing, so we are here to help. We have put together a tracker for every county in california so you can see how it rates along with an explanation of whats allowed and not allowed to be open. Read it, share wit your friends, because we are all in this together after all. Youll find it on abc7news. Com. Millions of californians could be on the brink of eviction if a bill is not approved by midnight. The state senate has passed that bill to extend eviction protections for five more months, and now we are waiting on the assembly to send it to governor gavin newsom. Heres luz pena. Reporter the clock is ticking. If an emergency bill is not approved by midnight, millions of californians c evicted by tuesday. Today is the deadline. Reporter this woman owes four months rent. Shes holding on tohat could exd the eviction protections for five more months. Her worst fear is to be homeless. Its really stressing. Because i dont have a job. I lost my job. Reporter she spends her days applying for jobs and updating her resume. But on the first of every month, she has to make a decision between rent and feeding her 14yearold daughter. This is the reality of at least 4 million californians, who, according to Assembly Member chu, reported being housing insecure. Bill 3088 was introduced by him and it needs 2 3 of each house of the legislature to pass. The crisis is we have millions of californians who havent been able to pay some portion of their rent for months. Reporter housing advocates are glad theres a proposal on the table but concerned that not everyone will be able to pay. The necessity of having to pay 25 of your incometh peoplp know, impossible. Reporter on the other hand, Property Owners see this as a compromise. It also provides a safety net mechanism to ensure that rental Property Owners receive some income. Reporter if approved, tenants are still responsible for all the backed up rent. And come february 1, they could be in danger of evictions all over again. In san francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. A lot more to bring you here this busy monday. Some in the bay area have been dealt a onetwo punch. First the pandemic and then wildfires. In southern San Mateo County, the people there need more help. See whos coming through to lend a hand. Im Laura Anthony in oakland. A diatric surgeon d a r. Im spencer christian. Those fires have brought us poor air quality and now were looking at a heat wave for labor day weekend. Im szasz. [norm] and we live in columbia, missouri. We do consulting, but we also write. [szasz] we take care of ourselves constantly; its important. We walk three to five times a week, a couple miles at a time. Weve both been taking prevagen for a little more than 11 years now. After about 30 days of taking it, we noticed clarity that we didnt notice before. Its still helping me. I still notice a difference. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Youre looking at a man in action and this isnt even his day job. A prominent bay area surgeon is serving on the frontlines battling californias wildfires. For dr. James betts, its a dedication to service that dates back decades. Laura anthony has our story now from oakland. Its an honor and privilege to serve. Reporter and serve he has. Dr. Jim betts is a pediatric surgeon by profession who has gone above and beyond when it comes to giving back to his community. His primary job for nearly four decades has been at Childrens Hospital in oakland. A physician that led him to the cyprus structure after the 1989 loma earthquake, where he rescued survivors and recover the dead. We were actually called down to the cyprus structure for the trapped individuals who were there. And a group of us went down there. Reporter that service didnt stop there. While not at childrens, he works as a volunteer firefighter as an emt and part of the search and rescue team in big sur where he has a home. In recent weeks, he served on the frontlines of the dolan fire, one of hundreds raging in california. This is a very unusual year. Weve got covid, and the pandemic. We have the fires in big sur. We have our hospital duties here. We have all the political unrest thats going around the nation. Reporter as dr. Betts approaches his 73rd birthday, he told us he has no plans to retire from either job. I dont play golf, i dont play tennis. To me, its been a privilege to be able to become a pediatric surgeon, as well as a firefighter. Reporter in oakland, Laura Anthony, abc7 news. Keep on trucking. What a remarkable man. Good news today in the fight against the wildfire complexes burning in northern california. Favorable weather helped firefighters increase containment substantially over the weekend. Very encouraging news. The lnu complex is now 63 contained. Thats up from 35 containment friday night. More than 375,000 acres have burned. Some evacuation orders were reduced to warnings today in napa county. 5300 structures are still threatened and 1200 destroyed. All evacuation orders and warnings in Alameda County for the scu lightning complex. In santa claire au county, some orders have been lifted and others downgraded to warnings. The scu lightning complex has destroyed over 383,000 acres and 60 contained. It has destroyed 40 structures and damaged 18 others. Cal fire is getting an update as we speak on the czu lightning complex, burning in santa clara and san mateo counties. They say its been another good day of suppression activities. The complex is now 41 contained. But nearly 1500 structures have been destroyed. 52 of those are in San Mateo County and the rest in santa cruz county. On the far south end of San Mateo County, pescadero is facing unique challenges because the residents are among the poorest in the bay area. David louie has that story. Reporter thanks to generous donations of food and supplies, they have been able to meet immediate needs for hundreds families who had to evacuate. Some are starting to return ome. Are starting to return while the czu complex fire destroyed the homes of many others. I appreciate it, and i believe our whole town appreciates this. Like, i mean, we could have really went to bottom rock. Reporter however, unlike other communities, puente sees another longterm challenge. Nearly half of its residents live below the Poverty Level of 26,000 for a family of four. A lot of people that lost work hours are farm workers, but also the people that work at the local restaurants, the local shops are losing business. And this is on top of the loss of jobs and income that people were already suffering because of the pandemic. Reporter aware of the need, puente began a fire relief fund. The Silicon Community Foundation is expected to provide an emergency grant. Some fire victims are reluctant to seek help from the government because they lack documentation. Others are in a state of flux, still in need of temporary or rental housing when they have no jobs or income. We have to raise at least 350,000 so that we can provide relief to the families that were affected on our county. Reporter in addition to cash, puente needs diapers, wipes and toiletries. David louie, abc7 news. You can help by calling at 6508791691. Or make a donation by going to the website mypuente. Org. Well post this information on abc7news. Com. Starting another week and looking for some cooler weather. Its really a big change. Yeah, not so sure if were going to be getting that. Spencer christian is standing by with a look at our forecast. So what do you think, spenceer . Its a few degrees cooler today than it was yesterday. So thats helpful. And relative humidity is higher. Those factors helping in the firefighting effort. Air quality is a concern. As we look at current air quality, you can see the green dots representing good air quality on the coast. But as you move inland, you can see we have poor and unhealthy air quality up north at ukiah. The yellow dots indicate moderate air quality. Going southward just a bit, san francisco, oakland, moderate air quality. But poor air quality exists right now, redwood city, free lamont and at livermore, going to the south bay, moderate at san jose, but all these locations down here in the santa cruz mountains, green dots indicating good air quality. Tomorrow will be another spare the air day. And we expect poor air quality except for some pockets here and there of improving air quality. So breezy right now. 20mileperhour surface wind here in san francisco. And about oh, 12 to 16mileperhour winds just about everywhere else. Heres a nice view of the sun reflecting off the bay area waters as we look through the smoke. 60 in san francisco. Oakland 69. Oakland 65 rather. Mountain view at 69. 75 at gilroy and 59 at Half Moon Bay. At the Golden Gate Bridge, we have a combination of low clouds pushing in from the coast and smoke, of course, filling the air and bright skies off in distance there. It is currently 68 at santa rosa, which is pretty cool for this time of year. Low 70s at napa. 79 at concord and livermore. Heres a view from up above the low clouds from mt. Tam. A nicer view, i guess, than the smoky view up above. These are the forecast features. Smoke, fog, and patchy morning drizzle during the overnight hours. Poor air quality tomorrow. But some improvement after tomorrow. And heating up bigtime for labor day weekend. A little bit of a marine layer there, pushing out across the bay and little green spots indicating where we might see patchy drizzle. Tomorrow will be another day, much like today perhaps even a degree or two cooler. Lows overnight will be generally in the mid to upper 50s. So fairly mild but comfortable weather overnight. Tomorrow, high temperatures under hazy conditions. 90 in morgan hill. On the peninsula, 77. San mateo 80. Palo alto 80. And coastal highs, mid 60s at Half Moon Bay and pacifica. A little cooler in daily city. Only 62 there. Downtown san francisco, on the cool side with a high of 67 degrees tomorrow. North bay, mild and moderate. 82 in petaluma. 84 in santa rosa. Sonoma, 84. Napa, 82. East bay, 74 at oakland. 75 in hayward. Farther south, a little milder and 80 at fremont. Inland east bay, highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. Here is the outlook for saturday as we go into labor day weekend. Notice the appearance of a few triple digits. Some higher triple digits on sunday. And then on monday, labor day, the heat just holds on. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Mild to moderate weather through thursday. It starts to heat up on friday, then gets really hot inland on saturday, sunday, monday. But enjoy the heat, have fun. Thank you very much. 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Reporter at the hall of justice in san jose, a Major Development after a central figure in a bribery and conspiracy case connected to sheriff lori smiths 2018 reelection bid pleaded guilty monday morning. This is an effort on our office to make sure the publics business is conducted ethically and appropriately. Reporter District Attorney jeff rosen says that christian west, the founder and former ceo of executive Security Firm a. S. Solution, is cooperating with prosecutors, meaning his two felony conspiracy counts could be downgraded and a maximum 18month sentence in jail. West is among five defendants