How interconnected these two areas really are. Our Public Health continues to show signs of improvement. Take a look at this comparison for the number of newly reported coronavirus cases and deaths in california. Both are distinctly below average according to state data. And take a look at the trend in the bay area. A yellow line represents a rolling average of newly diagnosed cases. Its continuing downward trend. Thats a very good sign. And one day after business opened, Health Officials say theyre closely watching the case rates following Labor Day Weekend. The mayor today said she doesnt want to turn back the clock and hopes the guidelines are followed. Lyanne has the latest. Reporter the salon in downtown San Francisco decided to wait until tomorrow to reopen. This is our third time preparing to open. After six months, we feel very ready. Reporter mayor london breed warned all businesses to follow the proper protocols if they want to remain open. We dont want to turn back the clock. I know those businesses will be working hard to stay open. Theyll be following the guidelines and we need your cooperation. Reporter the salon has had these guidelines in place for weeks now. Weve made lots of modifications. We are working on every second station. We are leaving 15 minutes between each appointment so we have time on sanitize everything before the next guest gets here. According to the department of republican health, there is been a 29 increase in the number of hospitalizations. Still, there are enough beds even if the numbers were to increase. They are anxiously waiting to see the case rates following the reason Labor Day Weekend. Wee concerns, were watching it. So much depends on people wearing those face masks. Social distancing and avoiding large crowds whenever possible. Schools could be next. A week ago, breed said technically, schools could reopen on september 21 for in classroom learning on a rolling base and i with an approved health and safety plan. Were hope ffl we are able to maintain the numbers that we will get to a better place. And our schools will be able to reopen. Its unlikely that San FranciscoPublic Schools will be ready by then. An agreement between the School District and the Teachers Union has yet to be hammered out. In San Francisco, abc7 news. An iteam update now. The pastor of north county Baptist Church is doing a 180 announcing he will hold services in the Church Parking lot until Health Officials give the green light for indoor services. Dan noyes first told but it earlier this month. The church can hold 3,000 people and has racked up 112,000 in fines for defying state and local guidelines by holding inperson indoor services. The county says despite this change, it has no plans to forgive the fines. In the east bay, contra costas health order starts tomorrow and more businesses will be able to reopen. Personal Care Services that involve close contact with the face can operate outdoors. Race tracks and card rooms can operate outdoors. Film and tv production can resume. Purple is the worst. That means the cyrus activity is widespread. That includesal need, a san mateo, solano and san mateo counties. The next tier red includes San Francisco, napa, Santa Santa Cruz and marin. Reporter it is all about perception, direction and colors in marin county where today, red men go a bit faster. In terms of covid19 designations, the region is no longer purple. Got that . Whats the difference between purple and red in. I dont know. Reporter marin county Public Health officer willis does. It is good. It means were making progress. Our rates are wubl half of what they were in july. Reporter on payment going from red to purple is good news for marin county businesses. It is good news for retail stores. Good news for indoor malls, personal Care Services, museums, churches, movie theaters, gyms for restaurants. All of them may open inside to a degree but none of them today were dancing in the streets. Give it a couple more days to see if it pans out. Reporter chris owns the tap room. Note the empty tables inside. After a couple of false starts from the county, hes not alone in not committing to indoor dining. Mean time, this person feels same way. Im not ready yet to have a big crowd. Reporter for the sake of safety, shell keep the caution tape across every booth. It sounds like youre more cautious than the health department. Im just trying to protect myself and my clients. Reporter next door, madeleine is just trying to save her busines and losing. Shes confused about reopening and shes bleeding funds. We have to pay rent, right in pay tax. License, all kind of things. Reporter meantime the county warns that condition red status remains tenuous. More freedom brings more risks. It will hold if we do this right. Reporter it needs to. Indoors will become a must. Wayne freedman, abc7 news. If you want to check whats open in your county, use thisman. It is right on our website. Lets check our air quality. The fact that you can see San Francisco is a pretty good sign. Yes. Improvements. Now to the north bay. Heres the view from mound tam. Were still dealing with some haze and smoke. Spencer is here. It is nice to see some progress, certainly. It certainly is. We actually have seen progress for sure. The sky was sort of a grayish blue. Something we havent seen in quite some time. Let me give you a view what it was like a week ago. All that smoke just covering the entire bay area. Much of northern and Central California today. What a difference a week makes, right . You can see down to the ground level there from the satellite. And of course, youve got that marine coast that has helped us move that smoky air out of here. The air quality now, look in the north bay. Good to moderate around the bay. Redwood city. In the south bay, sensitive groups in san jose and even poorer air quality in some locations in the santa cruz mountains. Tomorrow will be another spare the air day. You can see over the next two days as conditions improve, there is more smoke down north that may get pulled into the bay area by a shift in the wind flow. The forecast is coming up a little bit later. Definitely. We needed some break. Most of the bay area has been holed up inside for days, you probably have as well, because of the toxic air quality. There is a raef home and better for those who ventured out in the east bay. Reporter this Saint Marys College student finally got outside to small cap some land scape photos but was dispoint by the lack of vibe randal colors. Today was just a lighter shade of gray. When is this assignment due . Its due today. So these are your land scape photos. Yes. Im stuck with this. Reporter many have been closely monitoring the indelve. If its over 100, i wont go out. Today i was watching, watching, it was about 102 so i put on my tennis shoes and flew out here. Reporter it was a breath of fresh air. Im breathing. So its okay. Its sad that it has gotten to this point. Its almost normal. Reporter normal was the goal for dog walkers. For the last week, you couldnt make out mt. Diablo or the foot hills. The fact that you can at least see the outline today, thats encouraging to a lot of people. 260 golfers seized the opportunity to tee off when the decision was made to reopen today. I cannot remember that weve ever done four days straight. Before this year ive never closed due to air quality. So whats the new normal . People coming out of hiding. More grateful than ever to be back outside. Abc7 news. And you can see local air quality at a glance with this inactive tracker on abc7news. Com. The largest fire in california history, the august complex, continues to grow. Gaping more than 39,000 acres in the last day. It is still at 30 containment. The north complex outside of oroville is now 39 contained. And the creek fire is only 16 contained. One day after President Trump visited california, democratic Vice President ial nominee senator Kamala Harris made a trip back to her home state. She and Governor Newsom visited burn areas near fresno. Everything is gone except the chimney. They remind me of tombstones. They really do. That fire, the creek fire has destroyed more than 600 structures. Were honoring hispanic heritage month. Next, a story of keeping traditions alive. Living the american 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 . We know these aree easy, challenging times. Rest assured, you are not alone. Weve all had to adapt. And with summer here, your energy bills might go up with rising temperatures. Together, we can save energy and money. Try closing your shades during the day. Setting your ac to 78 or higher. Or cooling off with a fan when you can. United we are always stronger. Stay well, california, and keep it golden. I do motivational speakingld. In addition to the substitute teaching. I honestly feel that thats my calling to give back to younger people. I think most adults will start realizing that they dont recall things as quickly as they used to or they dont remember things as vividly as they once did. Ive been taking prevagen for about three years now. People say to me periodically, man, youve got a memory like an elephant. Its really, really helped me tremendously. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Federal and state authorities announced arrest in a major gang sweep in contra costa county. Tuesday Attorneys Office shut off weapons like the ones confiscated during the arrest after the street gang arrest last week. The suspects trafficked firearms and drugs in plain sight using the parking mall in concord for numerous transactions. What is particularly appalling about todays charges is that the defendants did not even bother to hide the guns or the drugs. The defendants peddled their products in broad daylight in public spaces. O cf1 o the total of 13 puck ises are now in custody. Two others remain at large. Officers and agents with the atf, the fbi and concord seized Illegal Drugs and 42 guns. Developing news with the ambush of two Los Angeles County sheriffs deputies over the weekend. The reward has nearly doubled for information leading to an arrest. Surveillance video captured the attack. Because it is disturbing, we are not showing the moment the shooter open fire on the deputies. More video shows one deputy applying a tourniquet to her partner despite having multiple gunshot wounds of her own. Part of the donations have bumped the reward money to 175,000. A go fund me for the injured deputies has raised more than 400,000. Here at abc7 news, we are committed to building a better bay area in many ways. One of the most crucial is building a community that is fair and just for all. Thats why were dedicating this week to focusing on stories about race and social justice. And you should know that today marks the start of hispanic heritage month. A chance to celebrate the la teach over community. There is a lot to celebrate from the culture to the sense of family to the pursuit of the merge dream. And luz pena is live with a look at what it means to be today. It means to be proud of where you came from, that your family did so much to bring you to the United States and now is the time to give back to the community, to those who sacrificed so much for you definitely the language would be the first thing. Always speak spanish at home. An inclusive sense of family. The traditional sense of familia. This is university of San Francisco professor, the largest minority in the u. S. More than ever we see how latinos are the back bone of the engine of our country. They are front lines of essential workers, farm workers, just the joy that they bring to this country. Families with specific set of values. What does it mean to you to be a latina . To me it mean something really special because my parents are from mexico. And im lucky to have them. Reporter many remembering the exact date they move to the u. S. But keeping their roots strong. Almost 29 years and much story. Reporter we asked latinos how they are keeping their traditions alive. Hes from mexico. I have a daughter. Shes married now and she has three children. Okay, so im a grandfather. So shes passing it on to her children. Reporter she is from el salvador. She worked multiple jobs so her daughters could graduate college. I come from here when i was 23. I tell her she need to do everything i dont finish in my life. She need to finish it. Reporter youre proud of her. Yes, yes, of. Reporter with 60 million hispanics in the u. S. , the question is, whats next . I feel that latinos are waiting to be heard and that were right there at the door saying that. Reporter were also seeing how the second and Third Generation of hispanics are rising up to fight for their parents who might be undocumented giving up everything to have a Better Future now. Even though latinos are 60 million strong, the u. S. Census projects by 2026, there could be over 100 million his panel issics in this country, a minority that keeps on growing. A lot to celebrate. Thank you so much. Earlier today on midday live, we spoke with a design engineer. Shes also president of the San Francisco bay area chapter of society of hispanic professional engineers. It is a group that help her get where she is today. It is glas a way to finds Community Within engineering latin x. It is basically engineering. It is the reason ied today in engineering. Well have more focus on race and justice all this week as we build a better bay area. Tune in for topicses minorities businesses face to our perceptions of one another. To watch all of our building a better bay area reporting this week on demand, make sure to download our abc7 news app. It is available right now for apple tv, android tv, amazon fire, and roku. The air is noticeably clear today. It is an improvement from the all right. Lets talk a bit about this air quality out there. It noticeably improved today. Such a relief, spencer. Yes. We can take deep breaths. And what reason for that, a rather vigorous onshore winds no provided by our friend lly mari layer. I was saying i had no ashes in my throat and now theyre back. We have wind speeds 10 to 20 miles an hour. But no. The temperature change shows that it is a few degrees warmer in most locations right now than it was at this time yesterday. We did get clearer skies and cleaner air. And thats something we can thank the marine layer for. Lets look at whats going on from sutro tower looking at an advancing stack, or layer of low clouds moving out over San Francisco. 65 degrees in the city right now. We have low 70s at oakland, at half moon bay. Northward from the golden gate bridge, the sky looks a bit brighter than at this hour yesterday despite the advancing marin layer. 76 degrees. 85 in fairfield and 80 at livermore. And looking at downtown oakland, you can still see the haze. It is still with us. Theres still some smoke but theres rather significant improvement areawide. The sea breeze with better air quality. It continues tomorrow and it will be cooler thursday and friday with morning drizzle likely perhaps both days. Here is our forecast animation. Locally inland, give me all youve got. Hit us with your best shot. Perhaps across the bay and locally inland as well. Hoe temperatures on the milder side. I showed that it is a bit warmer than this time yesterday. And hoe temperatures mainly in the low 60s hazy sunshine except at the coast where some low clouds will linger. Breezy at the coast. Upper 60s at the coast to maybe mid to upper 70s. 77 in oakland. 76, san mateo. Even warmer, upper 80 to around 90 in the inland east bay. Tomorrow will be our 30ing consecutive spare the air day. Into the weekend. Thats good news. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Thursday and friday will bring cloudier and breezier conditions with a chance of morning sprinkles. And then we get into the weekend with sunnier skies and a warmup coming our way. I should warn you that we have a good chance of seeing the return of smoke in the wildfires. So dont get too carried away the next couple days well temper our these. I cant. It has been months since protests turned violent. Well look at why it happened the way it did. Are you getting letters from the edd addressed to total strangers . It is a huge scam. You could be roped in. What you need to know. 7 on your side is coming up. And taking a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, people havent been traveling very much. Blame the pandemic restrictions combined. But could inflammation in your eye might be to blame. Ck, looks like a great day for achy, burning eyes overthecounter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. Ha these drops probably wont touch me. Xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. What is that . Xiidra, noooo it can provide lasting relief. 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