Country legally. Good evening. Thank you for joiqning us. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. The announcement has left many in the bay area fearful and angry. Laura anthony has the story. Congress can make it right. Reporter as he prepared to return to washington this evening, he told us hes prepared to fight, with and against republicans for daca. Weve been trying to fix immigration for 20 years in this country. Because of partisan politics, weve been unable to come up with a smart way to do it. Reporter daca stands for deferred action for childhood arrivals. Its estimated there are 800,000 dreamers in the United States. A quarter of them in california. Cecilia chavez is one of those. A mother of tw and holds a masters degree from san jose state. So many people depend on us. My parents depend on me and my icome. My children depend on me. And for him to terminate daca, he has no idea what hes doing. Right now donald trump is focused on the wrong issues. Reporter oakland city councilman says ending daca would create a hard fip fship f young people it protects. These youngsters are graduating from our high schools, serving in the military. Theyre also at the University Level that are demonstrating leadership, education, strength, and most of all, helping the economy. Reporter as of 2015, there were nearly 400 dreamers attending classes here at uc berkeley. At this point, its unclear how an endo daca would affect their educational status. Laura anthony, abc7 news. We expect the president to make the announcement tomorrow on the daca. Outside to a live look at what we just cant ignore. Poor air quality around the bay area. This is a live view over San Francisco. Were seeing slightly hazy skies over san jose in this live picture of 101. Also in the north bay, heres a live look from our camera on top of mt. Tam. Well get a closer look with Leeann Melendez in just a minute. But first, lets check in with Spencer Christian on our Current Conditions. As you pointed out, Current Conditions are not so good. Another spare the air day, and the poorest air quality today was in the north bay, where it was unhelpful. And along the coast and the central bay where it was unhelpful. Tomorrow, moderate air quality across the region. So it is improving. Temperatures have dropped significantly in the last 24 hours or more so in the last 48 hours. Right now, this is the 24hour temperature change. 15 degrees cooler in santa rosa and 8 degrees cooler in san jose. Still clouds are hanging around much of the area. And a it wille bit of moisture has traveled through the north bay, just light sprinkles here and there. Still feels muggy, but improvement is continuing. Well have the complete sevenday forecast coming up later. Eric . Spencer, thank you very much. The bay area has had five consecutive spare the air days, something we havent seen in years. All you need to do is look outside your window or the view from our emeryville camera to see how poor the air quality is. Leeann melendez is live overlooking the city with whats causing all of this. Reporter you can barely make out oakland behind me. But this morning, you couldnt see some of the San Francisco houses behind me. As spencer said, things are improving. And the wind has helped to circulate some of that stagnant air. Visitors to San Franciscos twin peaks were not battered by the traditional wind and fog. Instead, people were marveling at the hazy skies. Smoke from more than a dozen fires from Northern California and oregon have been moving towards the bay area. Weve not had fresh winds, or a lot of ventilation. So high heat, low wind, breathing in smoke and ozone. Reporter add the recent high temperatures and the air quality becomes extremely poor. Typically patients who are well controlled with their inhalers and medications are finding those arent working like they used to. Reporter patients complained of headaches and coughing, with all those particles in the air, doctors recommend not exercising outdoors. Walter lopez wasnt following that advice today. You have to do what you have to do. I wasnt running when it was 106 for sure. I was inside. Reporter but late today, conditions were slowly changing. Enough to lift the spare the air alert for tuesday. Luckily now, its dissipating and we have some fresh winds coming in. Reporter thats good news now, even though conditions are improving. The bay area air Quality Management is reminding people that the spare alert the spare the air alert is still in effect for tonight. Im live in San Francisco, Leeann Melendez, abc7 news. It actually rained a little bit today. Windshield wipers were needed for drivers in san mateo this afternoon. And a few sprinkles fell this morning in gilroy at about 10 00 a. M. , providing just a small amount of relief for firefighters trying to contain a brush fair in the gilroy hills. Its burning in steep, hillier the rai hilly terrain. Resources are stand as firefighters battle numerous fires around Northern California. Heres cal fires map of the 29 wildfires burning around the state right now. More than 123,0,000 firefighter are battling these. The Railroad Fire has forced the closure of highway 41, the southern entrance into yosemite. That fire is 23 contained. News is better in southern california. People evacuated by the la tuna fire near burbank and glendale are back home. Cooler temperatures and a sudden downpour helped extinguish the blaze. That destroyed at least three homes. Its labor day today and hundreds in oakland rallied for union rights. They say theres still more to do for economic justice. Amy hollyfield has the story. Reporter its become an annual rally cry. The labor day demonstration in front of mcdonalds at 14th and jackson in oakland, where fast food workers are fighting for 15 an hour and representation. I need the 15, but i also need the yunion. With the union, ill have a way to fight for my rights and the rights of others. Reporter california has approved a 15 minimum wage to gradually be in place by the year 2023. Union organizers call that a success, but say its still important to show up each year and be heard. 15 in the bay area is nothing. And were not only asking for 15 here in california, were goig not going to stop until every state in the union has 15. Reporter some workers did show up, so mcdonalds was open. This is obnoxious, what they just did. Reporter alex questions whether mcdonalds deserves this. Im sympathizing with mcdonalds. Theyre using their bathrooms for free. Theyre lining up, the homeless stay here. They do a lot of nice things for the community. Reporter Corporate Office was not open today because of the holiday. Union organizers say they have no doubt that this gets mcdonalds attention. think they its a matter of when, not if, there will be change. Happening now, bay area firefighters helping with a rescue effort in houston are heading home. This is a picture of task force four. Some are on a plane right now. Others are driving back to oakland from texas. Task force three is also headed home. These guys from the south bay and peninsula led to search and rescue in wharton, texas. They spent a week on the ground and in the sky using drones for search operations. All 28 rescue teams were deployed to texas, the first time thats happened since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Officials are blames the deaths of 60 people on Hurricane Harvey. Many drowned when flood waters overwhelmed the roadways. At least 560,000 people have signed up with fema to get help with houston. Many people now face the task of what needs to be done to make their homes liveable again. You have so much to do, but you dont know where to start. And you just pick up an item and you say, this needs to come or go. So it goes or you put it someplace safe. Houston Police Officers saluted as a hearse carried Sergeant Steven perez from the medical examiners office. Perez drowned last week. Some Hurricane Harvey survivors are here in the bay area. Next, a look at the future for these fourlegged friends. If your car looks like this, well, theres a good chance youre coming back from black rock city. The post burning man ritual of the car wash, ahead on abc7 news. One holiday down, now its time to plan for the next. Im Michael Finney. Coming up, a 7 on your side trav i love you, couch. You give us comfort. And we give you bare feet, backsweat, and gordos. Everything. I love you, but sometimes you stink. Soft surfaces trap odors. Febreze fabric refresher cleans them away for good. Because the things you love the most can stink. And plug in febreze to keep your whole room fresh for up to 45 days. Breathe happy with febreze. Its been ten days since harvey hit and small towns remain flooded. Some are empty, others have people returning home to sort through the destruction. This is that you are lives, what they worked all their life for. Its their tradition. Theyve always lived here, its hair heritage and its gone. A longterm problem evacuees may face wans the water recedes is mold. It grows a day or two after flooding and can spread if the homes are not aired out. Flooding forced not only people but pets to evacuate. Leslie brinkley joins us live with a look at how the bay area is helping those pets find new homes. Leslie . Reporter this is little anderson. Anderson is 12 weeks old, just came over, overnight on a flight from houston. He was surrendered at a shelter there, just before the hurricane. And now, hes in the bay area with a lot of other friends. The dogs of harvey include murray from pasadena, texas. And jimmy from houston. And these puppies, iris and pul i tulip, flown to the bay area. Hurricane harvey hit our house with these two little ones. Reporter these two six week old puppies were given up by their owners on the day Hurricane Harvey hit. The shelter then flooded. Now tom and jerry are living in oakland with the cole family. When youre desperate to take care of yourself and your loved ones, unfortunately sometimes animals are overlooked. Its heartbreaking. When tragedy strikes, people have to do so many things that they dont want to do. But they have to in order to survive basically. Including surrendering their dogs. Including surrendering their dogs, cats, hamsters. Reporter cats arent allowed in many hotels or apartments. So the San Francisco spca, the Milo Foundation and mad dog rescue have evacuated 54 dogs and 17 cats so far. They were microchipped and vaccinated overnight and sent to foster homes to await adoption. Theyve been through a lot, and its the least we can do to give them some comfort and a loving home. Folks here sayhat there are wards filled with puppies and nursing mothers in texas. And theyre working hard to evacuate more and more of them in the coming weeks and bring them here in the bay area. Leslie brinkley, abc7 news. Theyre so sweet. If you would like to help any of the organizations, go to abc7news. Com for links on how to donate, volunteer, or adopt. Local kids are doing their part to help Hurricane Harvey victims. Abc7 news was there when 12yearold shawn grover sold lemonade today. This is shawns second Lemonade Stand effort for charity. He said he raised 150 on saturday. That wasnt the only Lemonade Stand in the bay area. Wayne freedman found another one. Would you like to buy some lemon aid . Ron an 11yearold sister and 9yearold brother working harmoniously for a common cause. What are you teaching them in merchandising . To not spill the lemonade. I was pouring a cup and i accidently spilled it. Reporter its 1900 miles from here to houston, texas. If you believe in tragedy as a teaching moment, then ava jensen and her brother aaron cannot help but make you smile. I feel good about helping kids in need. Reporter theyre selling toys and lemonade for hurricane relief. They came up with this idea a couple of days ago, but it was so hot mom and dad wouldnt let them do it. Today, theyve made 40 and counting in the first two hours. Im very proud of them. I think the kids are empowered by this kind of thing. They can gather their things together and decide to put on a sale and it doesnt take much effort. Here you go. That will be 2, please. Reporter the kids did brisk business. Cars stopped on a busy street. How is the lemonade . Pretty good. Reporter so here it is, small drops going into a big bucket, and every drop counts. When life gives you a hurricane, make lemonade. Wayne freedman, abc7 news. Theres still time to help all the victims of Hurricane Harvey. Our day of giving event is wrapped up, but you can donate by calling the number on your screen. Or online at redcross. Org abc. And a big thank you to everyone who has already donated. The drive has raised more than 14 million. Time to turn to our weather and decreasing temperatures. Suspect thisnt that nice to . Its nice to hear and feel the temperatures decreasing and humidity decreasing tomorrow. Right now, a view from mt. Tam where the clouds are beginning to break apart. Cloudy and muggy conditions overnight. Sunnier tomorrow with better air quality than today. And the cooling that began yesterday and kicked into high gear today will continue through friday. Thats good news. Heres a look at live doppler 7 hd, popping up right there. Weve got lots of clouds around, but little breaks have started developing in the early evening hours. And weve had some trickles of moisture here and there. This is looking northward. Current temperature readings in the upper 70s in San Francisco. 74 degrees at half moon bay. This is a dramatic western sky from emeryville. Current temperature readings from 80 in san to rosa. And on we go to welcome relief from saturday to today. Check out the temperature change. Redwood city at a high of 108 on saturday. San francisco topped out at 102 on saturday. Hood and concord 110 on saturday. Todays high was 88. 22 degrees cooler. So relief has kicked in. Overnight, hazy conditions and some lingering clouds. It will be mild overnight and a bit muggy, with low temperatures in the upper 60s to around 70. Tomorrow, well see sunnier skies with just a little bit of lingering haze. Lower humidity tomorrow, better air quality. Highs tomorrow in this upper 60s near the coast. Around the bay, 75 degrees at oakland. San francisco at 73 tomorrow. 81 at fremont. 80 at napa. In tinland east bay, mid 80s. 85 the high in san jose. Wednesday, the cooling continues, but not dramatically. About the same range as tomorrow, maybe a degree or two cooler in some location. On thursday, similar picture. And this is the accuweather sevenday forecast. A pleasant week of weather ahead. Air quality improves and no more heat wave. There will be another warmup in the weekend on sunday. And monday of next week, well see highs in the low 90s inland. But thats tolerable. Its better. Anything is better than what we had on friday and saturday. So this week, better. Perfect. Thank you, spencer. Coming up next, pushing the enveope at berkeley. The step towards gender the city of berkeley is often on the issue edge of cu cutting edge issues. Reporter the city of berkeley is no doubt a mecca for the progressive movement. But now theres a push to go topless, so to speak. Just being topless i think is kind of a physical kind of form of freedom. Reporter men with roam around shirtless, but the current law says women cannot expose their breasts in public. Something the city council may soon vote to change. We were born naked, you know what i mean . I dont know. Our nipples were showing when we were born, so whats wrong with that . I feel like for me it might be uncomfortable. But on the really hot days it might be nice for some people. I dont want to see it. I just feel like some things are private. Reporter several women raised the question about gender equality. I dont think berkeley should be defining women are not allowed and men are allowed. Reporter since worthington proposed it, hes been hearing from people who want him to go further by letting anyone wear their birthday suits. Im just going for the womens equality. Reporter going topless is a tough call for this mom. The mother in me says no way. And the empowered woman says, do what makes you feel good. Reporter the proposed change only applies to public streets. Private businesses could still refuse service to anyone not wearing shirts or shoes. The counsel is set to take up the issue september 12. Lonny rivera, abc7 news. Pepper and peace. Tonight, Cheryl Jennings shows us the journey a new crop is taking from vietnam to the bay area and beyond. Plus grabbed my friends. We all hit the deck and all hell broke loose after that. That was 40 years ago today. And the survivor of the Golden Dragon massacre still and i heard some popping sounds. This south bay man thought it was firecrackers. It was gun shots. The start of the Golden Dragon massacre, the worst shooting San Francisco had ever seen. Cornell bernard sat down with the survivor today on the anniversary. Now the police have their hands full, trying to figure out who did it and why. Reporter thats how abc7 news reported on a shooting massacre in 1977 at the Golden Dragon restaurant in china town. They meant business. These are the infamous bell bottom jeans with the bullet holes in them. Reporter he shows us the blood stained jeans. He and his friends were fresh out of College VisitingSan Francisco, when the shooting started. I grabbed my friends, we all hit the deck. Reporter green and his college roommate, tom, on the left were shot. I felt the without getting too graphic i felt the blood coming out. Reporter and his two friends survived. But five people were killed, 11 wounded. Our waiter was unfortunately mortally wounded. Reporter members of a chinatown youth game known as the joe boys fired on a rival gang, but missed. The gunmen were brought to justice