Im ama daetz. A chopper is over city hall. There is a small gathering there. A rally was supposed to start at 5 00 p. M. There are some tents set up. It is a quiet gathering so far of a small group of people concerned about the decision today. We will keep an eye on this protest for you and let you know as things continue tonight. We spoke live about protests plans in her town. We are prepared to hold and honor peoples grief, their cries for change, and we again are very clear about facilita facilitating and supporting peaceful protests. That is always going to be honored. It is part of oaklands dna and history but we will be ensuring that there is not vandalism or other lawlessness. A protest at the lake mary amphitheatre is expected to start at 7 00. A protest is planned in San Francisco also at 7 00. It is set for outside the Mission Police station. Just a short time ago, people in the bay area whose lives have been directly impacted by fatal shootings, by police, gathered virtually to send a message. It has been very difficult dealing with all this and following the news, following breonna and george floyd and so i just wanted to be here today to express my frustrations with that. That was eric salgados sister. He was shot and killed by Oakland Police officers in june. She was part of a group that talked about ways to increase Police Accountability and to express outrage over a lag of charges in Breonna Taylors death. Steve kerr weighed in on the events today and the big picture. It is just so demoralizing, so discouraging. I just keep think go about the generation of american kids, of any color. Is this the way we want to raise them . Is this the country we want to live in . Steve kerr today. The Breonna Taylor case has drawn national attention. Heres the Vice President ial candidate kamala harris. Breonna taylor and her family, justice, today, yesterday and tomorrow. Ill review it. In a tweet, california congressman and speaker of the house nancy pelosi said Breonna Taylor should be alive today. She should be living and laughing and loving. Instead her family is left continuing the search for justice. Heres the reaction from president trump. Kentucky attorney general Daniel Cameron is doing a fantastic job. I think hes a star. I will be speaking to the governor and we have a call scheduled to make very shortly with the governor. I understand hes called up the National Guard which is a good thing, a very positive thing and it will all work out. This is a live look at the protest in louisville. Breonna taylors home town. We understand a Police Officer was shot during the demonstration today about 30 minutes ago. There are no further details only. Of course were working on it. A curfew has gone into effect in jefferson county, kentucky which includes louisville. These are live pictures of people on the streets and the heavy police presence. The curfew will last until 6 30 in the morning. Fighting for racial and social justice is part of what it takes to build a better bay area but its not all. Were also focused on the economy, our changing work places and schools. And at the root of it all, our health. The steadily declining numbers of coronavirus appears to be plateauing. In the most reason 24hour period, the number. Cases was close to average. The number of deaths was above average. The test Positivity Rate over the last 14 days has gone slightly up from yesterday. When looking at just the bay area, the trend of new cases follows the states. After declining steadily, it is starting to flatten out. The impact varies widely. In East Palo Alto, the Major Concerns are rising case rates and being able to pay rent. We found that help on the way will make a milliondollar difference. Reporter Antonio Lopez is running for East Palo Alto city council. Hes working high school and College Students to do covid19 outreach. Several Community Groups are petitioning part in different outreach programs trying to stop the spread. When i draw back and say 15. 4 , its a big number. Final. 4 is the Positivity Rate for East Palo Alto. Thats more than three time average of san mateo county. The mayor said it is important to put the numbers into context. We are unapologetically a city that supplies this region with essential workers. And essential workers are more at risk of exposure. In a city where 12 are residents. When our residents get sick, at least that 12 , we dont always have easy solutions to help come to aid. So the city has set up testing sites in those neighborhoods to test and educate. Were being proactive about this as opposed to waiting. Another big challenge. Defaults on rental. Chris cox, chief product officer at facebook and his wife just donated 1 million to the samaritan house to help pay rental in East Palo Alto. Every time we can help every family that we can, hundreds or thousands at a time to stay in their homes and to be able to survive and be become homeless. Reporter in East Palo Alto, abc7 news. Tonight the Oakland Unified School district superintendent has issued more details. Alameda county is in the red tier. After two weeks there, inperson learning can resume if the county allows it. But the summit says, it is like reply most if not all instruction will remain Distance Learning at least through december when the county does allow inperson learning, parents can choose to keep students home nonetheless. We are just learning that four Napa County School districts will open for hybrid inperson instruction on october 26th. They are napa valley unified, st. Helena, calistoga unit identified and Howell Mountain school district. Families will have the option to continue with full Distance Learning if they choose. Meantime, hayward has joined the list of cities with fees that can be charged to local restaurants. Starting october 6, Companies Like door dash and grub 00 can only start 15 . Some residents have been losing money on orders fulfilled through those third party apps. Sonoma county has amended the health order to align with the state that will allow businesses to reopen and activities to resume. Home and contract county is in the purple tearful when it moves into less restrictive tears. We have a new inactive tool. The weekly covid tear tracker lets you pick your number. If your company is below the color coded tear for weeks, it could move down. Next, a look at Governor Newsoms land mark order to transform transportation in california. Im spencer christian. After the first few days of pleasant fall weather, get ready for the return of some scorching and the veterans that never quit on their team. When being a fan gets tough, and stretching your budget gets even tougher. Our agents put in the time and legwork for you,. So saving on Auto Insurance is easy. Because saving a little extra goes a long way. Usaa. What youre made of, were made for. A lofty goal set today. California will become the first state to stop sales of new gasoline powered passenger cars and trucks in the very near future. Abc News ReporterLauren Martinez has the time line. Reporter Governor Newsom signed an order. The trends in the direction globally in zero emission vehicles. Reporter the governor would like to phase out gas powered cars by 2035 to reduce the states emissions. Hes driving this change forward with the help of californias air Resources Board. We know we have an obligation to keep on working to clean up the air and to make it as clean as it can be and to be ahead of the curve. Reporter the governor said this policy is for other states to follow. Already the state has 34 electric vehicle manufacturers. The difference is, with a zero emission vehicle, you have lower major nance costs, lower operating costs. If you want to protect disadvantaged communities, impoverished communities, then pull away from the gas pumps. The new Car Dealer Association released this statement bypassing the elected legislature and dreging the California AirResources Board to adopt rules to prohibit sale of nonzero emission vehicles to enact the significant transportation policy change is deeply troubling and deprives californians of a direct voice in this important issue. Drivers feel there are pros and cons. I personally drive a stick shift because i love driving a stick. All the good stuff is going away. The prices of electric cars dont go down. It will be extremely hard to have car ownership. They said californians can still buy and sell their gas vehicles. Yosemite National Park will reopen friday at 9 00 a. M. They had to close the park last thursday. Officials say some Park Services will be available friday with more help for visitors becoming available gradually over the week as staff return to work. Look at those conditions. Remember, you will need reservations to visit yosemite. You can go online but spots typically go quickly. Fire investigators believe Utility Equipment belonging to Southern California edison may have been the source of the destructive bobcat fire. More than 113,000 acres, one of the largest wildfires in Los Angeles County history. Containment has grown to 38 . Elsewhere in Southern California, the el dorado fire has grown to more than 22,000 acres. This was the fire set during a gender reveal party. The creek fire is almost 290,000 acres with only a third of it contained. And theyve crossed over the 300,000 mark for acreage. A stark warning from researchers about the dangers of the historic poor air quality that weve been living through because of the wildfires. It could be causing thousands of deaths. What the scientists are calling the hidden cost of air pollution. Reporter this is what a record breaking streak of spare the air days look like. Now two researchers out of Stanford University say all that soot in the air could result in 1,200 extra deaths and 4,800 e. R. Visits in california from august first to september 15. Were saying, we can how much worse the air quality got. We know based on 20 years of da data, if you change it, how much do you get. It is just the combination of those numbers. You would never know it looking at the skies but scientists are most worried about what hangs in the air. A kind of pollution thats deadly. Less than 2. 5 microns in size. Stanford researchers base their findings in how it would affect the 6 million in california who are age 65 and over. Thats why they say 1,200 deaths is on the low side of their estimate. My hope is that we are attentive. He said hes not surprised by the calculation considering what he saw in his own hospital during last months persist ten air quality. As the poor air and smoke stayed with us, we saw the numbers rise of people with the coughs, shortness of breath, exacerbation of their chronic lung conditions. The researcher homes the numbers will drive home the point to take poor air quality seriously and to help those most vulnerable. These events have much larger costs than i think we realize. The morbidity, the effects on those people. Theyre lingering. Abc7 news. And weve been enjoying some nice air quality for a while, being able to open the windows and such but i think it is changing. It has been glorious. I know the heat is coming back. The heat is coming back. Poor air quality is coming back but glorious is a good descriptor. Lets look at our bright, sunny evening. It is a breezy one with surface wind speeds ranging 15 to 20 miles an hour in most locations. Gusts to 22 miles an hour. They are bringing refreshingly cool and clean air. Tomorrow, green in all regions of the bay area. But there will be a region of smoke friday and through weekend. Well wait and see what the levels are. A live look over San Francisco where it is 67 degrees. 74 in oakland. We have mid to upper 70s right now at mountain view, san jose and gilroy, and 63 at half moon bay. A nice view and unobstructed view, looking down on to the bay and San Francisco from mt. Tam. Napa, 77. 86 at fairfield, concord, 80, 77, and livermore. Heres our view from the roof top looking across the embarcadero. These are our forecast features. Well see fog spreading inland, patchy morning drizzle is likely. It could be a few slippery spots for morning commuters. It will be a hot, dry and wendy pattern coming our way and that elevates concerns for fire. High fire danger is expected through the weekend into early next week and smokier skies are likely as well. In fact, a fire danger will be on alert for the inland east bay as well. Bear that in mind. The winds will be gunfiring 45 to 50 miles an hour. Tese will be dry winds with very low relative humidity. And you get high fire danger. Tonight well see the marine layer surging force any inland, producing some patchy drizzle here and there. And then tomorrow well see the fog pulling back to the coast and giving us a bright day for most of the bay area. Overnight low temperatures will be in the upper 50s. Slightly cooler in the north bay valleys. Tomorrows highs, mid to upper 60s at the coast. Mid to upper at the bay shoreline. Mid to upper 80s inland. And lets skip ahead to saturday. Notice well see high temperatures in the 90s, up to about 100. On sunday and monday, we expect high temperatures to be well into the 100s. Possibly some records will be set. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Two more days of mild fall weather. And then it gets windier over the weekend and more smoke will filter in. Sunday, mob, tuesday, maybe even wednesday, highs will reach or exceed 100 degrees in the hot spots. Just limit your outdoor exposure. Im ready for fall. Enough with the hot weather. Yeah. Me too. Thanks, spencer. Keeping our distance from each other krifs down the health dthats nothing new. T . But if you want dennys for dinner, you can have that too. Come get all your favorites, whether its day or at night. And delivery is free, whichever you decide. See you at dennys. Com zbing, quarantine and isolation are byproducts of the coronavirus pandemic. Theyve kept us physically safer but theyve other effects. Theyre affecting our Mental Health to be sure. Today ucsf looked at the impact on young people and the elderly. Not surprisingly, Lyanne Melendez found depression rates are up in the country. Its that loss of connection, the loss of rituals, that causes young people to feel a sense of hopelessness during the pandemic. Experiencing more suicidal behaviors. In the first four months of coronavirus shelterinplace, we had more suicidal attempts and behavior than weve had in the last four years. Reporter shes a psycho therapy i have at ucsf who works at two School Based Health clinics in east oakland. Today she and others in the field of Mental Health at ucsf presented their findings and suggestions. For example, during this time of isolation, parents should connect more with their children and then encourage them to engage with their friends in a safeway. When is a therapist needed . Any time we see an extreme behavior change. Someone who might have been outgoing, much more withdrawn. Any time that change hafts for more than a week or two weeks. Reporter for older adults, sheltering in place has been necessary because covid19 has affected people over 65 disproportionately. While they represent 16 of the population, 80 of fatalities due to covid are within that group. He says they need to stay engaged in order to feel less frightened and isolated. The laughter and the shared purpose, it just makes every day meaningful. One thing to remember is that other people are experiencing the same feelings. Ask for help and learn how to live at a distance without isolation. In San Francisco, Lyanne Melendez. Abc7 news. And please remember. If youre hook for help or support, we are here for you. You can take action and find your ally. We have links to local bay area resources to help your Mental Health. Coming up next, reaction to the grand jurys decision to not indict Police Officers related to Breonna Taylors death. E. D. D. Is cracking we sand my heart fell. Oke i knew wed lose our home. And we did. Over 24,000 homes have been destroyed by wildfires in the past few years. Wildfire victims need help so im voting yes on 19. It limits property taxes on wildfire victims so families can move to a replacement home without a tax penalty. You never know what youll be faced with. Please, vote yes on 19. About the covid19 virus. Its real. Its dangerous. And we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart. We can do this. If we do it together. Here are pictures from sky 7 which was over san jose a short time ago where a rally is taking place for Breonna Taylor. A small crowd gathered outside city hall. There were some tents set up. Its not clear if they have anything to do with