We would like to see the sky and that has not been possible. No joke you have to be on your toes that they area campers rescued at a high sierra lake is an outof control wildfire inches closer to yosemite. In the past half hour power outage update from pg e. When the lights will come back on for thousands of customers in the dark. Hanging could be worse could be evacuated. Breaking news, the marin independent journal reports chief Michael Cronin is resigning after 12 years. The news comes after a confrontation between the Police Officer and a black business owner. Video shows the sergeant questioning the store owner inside his own store. It happened while he and his wife were unloading inventory in the middle of the night. His last day will be sunday. Right now, streaming on cbsn bay area, red flag fire conditions all over the state. Change in the winds now pushing smoke from hundreds of miles away right into the bay area. Tonight, windy conditions have several fighters raging in northern and central california. It is impacting air quality. I think about the firefighters. Its bad for us but oh my gosh i cant even imagine what it is like to them. You look in the distance in the Rearview Mirror and you see how smoky the hills are. These are the times of the year we are supposed to be outside having good, fresh air enjoying the outdoors and it has been hard. All fires are bad but the most dramatic one burning tonight is closing in on Yosemite National park. The creek fire has ripped through the Mountain Town of big creek in fresno county. Now threatening thousands of homes in Madera County near bass lake and further north, a Small Community inside yosemite. Early today the National Guard finally reached dozens of campers who had been stuck for days near edison lake. The two were just trying to get out of San Francisco for the holiday when fire exploded and surrounded them. The air is no joke you have to be on your toes. People go up there and they think im going to swim in the river and go to the waterfall. Its a dangerous place thats why i go. More trouble farther north. Two wildfires have merged, spreading quickly take a look at this sped up video from the claremont and bear fires south of what the devastating camp fire burned in 2018. Right now there are mandatory evacuations in laporte and Little Grass Valley reservoir. Good news for people in sonoma county, many returning home tonight after they were abruptly evacuated overnight. Deputies went doortodoor telling people to leave after the fire flared up near the russian river. Thankfully crews were able to get a bit of a handle on it today and downgraded the evacuations to warnings. All fires causing hazy, smoky and orange skies across the adria in San Francisco orange skies rain down ashen in the Berkeley Hills you could not even see the a bridge or alcatraz. This morning the sky was yellow and the sun was orange. This guy is horrible but the temperature is a lot better. Would rather be in hawaii if i could. Have to deal with that sometimes. The bad news is not going away anytime soon . Whenever the wind shifts around and gives us hope but it lasted night and blew the smoke in from the fires in northern california. Air quality still an issue for the north a and east bay on wednesday and Solano County as well. Sensitives groups might not be as bad today. The smoke was a little dispersed instead of being concentrated at ground level but the air quality is significant. Look at how the air quality changed throughout the day. Read flag warning in effect for Higher Elevation until 8 00 tomorrow morning north bay mountains, east bay hills and santa cruz mountains. Winds not as strong as they were initially but 2030mile an hour sustained winds gusts to around 50 miles an hour combined with low humidity especially above 1000 feet, the trouble spots we are tracking through the rest of the evening and overnight. The smoke you have been seen blowing in from northern california. Air quality and check the weekend forecast. Pg e says more than 160,000 customers lost power in the safety shut off. Crews are already out inspecting lines and will begin to restore power. The utilities says most power will be back on by tomorrow night. We have a fleet of approximately 60 helicopters, one fixed wing aircraft to do aerial patrols. Just shy of 3000 employees in the field doing everything they can to get customers and communities back after the extreme fire conditions. Thousands in napa and sonoma counties will have to be without power another night. Neighborhoods in santa rosa have been through this so many times now, the city has a routine for major intersections. Residents a routine for keeping refrigerators cold. My son and i bought this generated together. He lives a block away for me down the street so we just share it back and forth every four hours. It is annoying but from what they say they will shrink the grid so they dont have to have so many people without power for so long. Stay uptodate on the power outages, fires and air quality with the new kpix five app. 24 7 access to cbsn bay area and realtime news updates and breaking news alerts. A large rally to reopen schools wrapping up in mountain view, as we speak. Parents, teachers, students gathered at El Camino Real and castro to push for a safe return to california classrooms. I have a daughter, first grader, not in the risk population and still she cant go to school, cannot see her friends, cannot meet her teacher and person. The interaction that is so critical. What would you say to teachers who say it is not fair for us to go back to the classroom. There are ways to keep them safe and keep the kids safe. Live look at san jose right now. Schools could get the goahead to reopen in 14 days after the county officially moved into the state. More personal services can reopen indoors in museums, aquariums and gyms can open up that reduced capacity. So far and no go for Indoor Dining and movie theaters. Nail salons wasted no time reopening to the first indoor clients in six months. We could not believe it, super a static. Feel so good after six months not having any pampering this is exactly what i needed. Inside customers now clients and owners i think it is unfair. Indoor dining allowed under read to your guidance but the county is allowed to keep the restriction in place for now. What one leading medical experts is about the possibility of a vaccine before election day. Taking to the skies to fix a problem underground. 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Encouraging news for and evacuees who just returned home in santa cruz county. Waterlines finally getting fixed. Residents returned last return last week to know water. The san lorenzo Water District started moving in new pipe by helicopter, earlier today to replace old ones damaged. Very narrow roads 40foot length, impossible to get large trucks in there so we can move a lot of pipe in a short timeframe. Ive been taking showers at friends in another town and you havent been able to use the water, cant brush her teeth. Crews hope to have the pipes fully repaired by the end of the week. Live look outside right now, that is the story what we have been stuck with the last 72 hours really bad today. Feels like 72 years every single day. Paul heggen here, any relief in sight . Some. Not a lot air quality isnt going to go into the good category at any point in the foreseeable future. We could get out of the unhealthy category we will get some relief. Air quality throughout the day 1 00 this afternoon a lot of trouble spots in the tri valley west of the santa clara valley. Deteriorating across the board in the afternoon into the evening. On the coast and around the bay air quality plot marine layer pushing and fog making its way and that will mix with smoke and push smoke around and mix it up and down and disperse it more than it has been. A slow process for air quality to improve. A few more spots with moderate air quality trouble spots in the north bay in lindy spade, Solano County and tri valley have no specific trouble spots outline thursday, friday and saturday but we will see orange eventually in the forecast for those days as well. Look at fire weather conditions, still concerned as we head through tonight. Strongest ghosts in the past but 2030mile an hour possible as we head through the rest of the night in higher terrain of the north bay combined with low humidity and the dangerous combination. Winds calmed down towards noon and shift, onshore will bring in additional moisture. Bone dry parts of the north the far inland east bay concern into early tomorrow morning red flag morning goes until 8 00 a. M. Numbers creep up a little bit by noon but more improvement Late Afternoon and tomorrow fire danger wont be zero but will take us out of red flag territory. Smoke and fog, shovel together 60 degrees downtown only 67 santa rosa smoke did shield us from sunshine, temperatures cooler than expected but the Silver Lining on the smoke that surrounded us. Temperatures tonight dropping a few more degrees into the upper 50s in the cities. 60s across the board. High temperature tomorrow warm, inland a lot of 80s for inland. Upper 60s low 70s around the bait temperatures in the right direction as we head towards the end of the work week even still above normal especially inland at least we are closer to what is normal for this time of year but the longrange outlook shows warmer than average temperatures will stick around for most of the month of september. We need a long stretch of cold weather just not can happen anytime soon. Another update coming up, 11 00. Heres a look at your top national headlines. Live look at the white house tonight. The election just eight weeks away. President trump visited to get two he battleground states, florida and North Carolina where he rallied his supporters. On running for election to keep jobs at home and violent criminals behind bars. The future belongs to america not to china. This is our chance to put the darkness of the past four years behind us. Meanwhile democratic president ial nominee released two new as today criticizing president trumps leadership on civil unrest and social security. Tomorrow he will deliver remarks in michigan. Dont forget you have until october 19 to register to vote. For more information go to kpix. Com campaign 2020. Dr. Anthony fauci says it is unlikely there will be a Coronavirus Vaccine ready by election day. President trump suggested that could happen by november 3rd. The only way you can see that scenario come true is if there were so many infections in the Clinical Trials science you get efficacy sooner than you would have projected that unlikely that will have a definitive answer at that time more likely to the end of the year. Skiers and snowboarders are concerned after announcement from sugar bowl ski resort in tahoe. It is suspending sale of season passes because of the pandemic. The resources it cannot be sure about what it can offer guests as coronavirus rules keep changing. Many skiers are worried other resorts will follow suit which will make it tough to hit the slopes this winter. Whoever thought this would go this long into winter. I didnt want to start. Coming up, one woman takes matters into her own hands after a bay area beach is covered in holiday trash. Back to an actual classroom. A group of bay area schools almost back to normal. Excited to be providing leadership so others can say how did they do that. Looks like Colin Kaepernick will be playing quarterback hi. Were glad you came in. Whats on your mind . Can you help keep these guys protected online . Easy. Connect to the xfi gateway. What about wireless data options for the family . You can customize and save. What about internet speeds that can keep up with my gaming . Lets hook you up with the Fastest Internet from xfinity. And now with our stores reopening, were putting Healthy Practices in place. Come visit a store today. Stop in or book an appointment online at a time that works for you. 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We recognize they have some of the most significant challenges learning through distance means that even new students are stumping into omit a routine basis like the structure and routine. It worked out really well. Not all schools that got waivers reopened today Bayside Martin luther king jr. Academy delayed its reopening a week after Staff Members questionable covid19 test results to coming up, Colin Kaepernick about. Colin kaepernick back in the game virtually the former San Francisco 49ers makes his return as a Playable Character in the madden nfl series. Ea sports says he will be available to play in madden 21 starting today, first time he will be back on the virtual gridiron since the 2016 season when he began kneeling during the national anthem. The art is so incredible so real big Game Movement really amazing. It is fun to play that one. Thank you for watching tonight at 7 00 the news continue streaming on cbsn bay area. 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