Outside today. It is so nice to bring you better news with our air quality. It is slowly Getting Better and this morning, check it out. Even parts of the north bay are starting off with moderate air quality. Yellow dot in santa rosa, and also for rio vista and looking at unhealthy air for sensitive groups. It is a little better for san rafael and San Francisco and napa and fairfield and concord. You are in the very unhealthy category. There are some improvements coming our way. We are still looking at that spare the air alert going a record 29 days in a row without a smoky skies however we will see a little bit of blue in spots this afternoon as there are parts of the bay area. To the next couple of days, or the next few days, we will start to see even better air quality for everyone. I will talk about that coming up in a few minutes. Lets check in uple that will this is around where they are wrapping up some overnight roadwork and some construction. It was supposed be cleared about half an hour ago but they are running a little late. Traffic is backed up around southbound 680 from concord into Pleasant Hill and walnut creek. It is improving slowly. South 880 has a lot of read back. That is where the road work is and hopefully they will clear this within the next few minutes. If you plan on taking 880, the minutes freeway, you will see some brake lights and it is looking better if you want to use that through oakland and south of there, they are clearing the crash on southbound 880 at 238. We have some breaking news, Big Development in the killing of breonna taylor. It looks like the city of louisville has reached a settlement with her family in this case. That is more than six months after taylor died. Our affiliate is reporting that there is an agreement to a substantial financial settlement with the family of breonna taylor. She was the black emt killed by police, serving a no knock warrant. It was part of a narcotics investigation but no drugs were ever found in her apartment. We are hearing there will be official announcement later today and it may also include reforms to the warrant process forcing officers to go to extra layers of approval from a Police Commander before they serve a warrant on a suspect. At the same time, there is a grand jury still considering criminal charges in this case. One of three officers involved has been dismissed but no criminal charges have been filed. We are going to keep an eye on this as the announcement comes out later today. Back to you. Democratic Vice President of candidate Kamala Harris will meet with emergency crews during the creek fire. The fire burning near fresno has scorched almost a quarter of 1 million acres. He will be joined by a governor newsom. And now, new developments of the most dangerous wild fires are burning across the state. Firefighters lost containment on the bobcat fire burning near la. New evacuation orders have been issued for about 300 homes. The weather has been warm and dry and it is expected to be even worse today. The fire is only 3 contained. North of sacramento, search and rescue crews are still digging through charred debris. They found another body and that brings the death toll to 15. In the north complex fire, this video out of oregon shows patches of fire retardant blanketing neighborhoods. Some homes were completely burned to the ground. At least four people are dead. This season has already been a recordbreaking and we have at least two more months to go. The good news is fire crews may be getting some muchneeded rest. Some firefighters on the walbridge fire west of healdsburg initially worked 60 hours straight before they saw a break. Santa rosas deputy fire chief says the goal now will be to find better ways to rotate the crews and deal with covid budget shortfalls that limit Additional Resources for fire season. The outages we are dealing with the best we can and we are putting pieces around and trying to play the chess game to make sure the community is going through this the best way possible. The Fire Department is still able to send engines and air support to other fires in the state. President donald trump made a rare visit to california yesterday to discuss these wildfires and offer his own assessment. Moron that is coming up at 6 30. A San Leandro Police officer charged in the deadly shooting of a black man inside a walmart will appear in court. Video from april shows the confrontation between the officer and stephen taylor, who was holding a baseball bat. Prosecutors say it was not reasonable to think he pose an imminent threat. Jason fletcher has been charged with voluntary manslaughter. Santa rosa police are offering a 2500 reward for a deadly shooting. It happened around 8 30. They say two people were shot while driving southbound on fulton road. The victim somehow made it to the parking lot of a hospital r victimis now stable. No word yet on the suspect description or a motive. Two residents could face the Death Penalty over a failure shooting. They have been charged with murder. Va allegedly shot and killed a 20yearold earlier this month on the freeway. They tried to kill two other people. The charges include enhancements for allegedly liking before the shooting. They have not released a motive for the shooting. Over the last seven days, just 3. 5 of covid19 tests in california came back positive. That is the lowest rate since the state began reporting the data. And the new confirmed case count is at its lowest level since mid june. Hospitalizations have also dropped to its lowest level since april. And today, california secretary of health and Human Services doctor mark allie to give an update on the situation in the state. A new round they are pretty good and having clarity for businesses, so they can look in one place to know what they are allowed to do and what guidance they can follow, it is really helpful. Tomorrow, personal careicinv contact with the face can operate outdoors and tv and movie production can resume and if contra costa kings is numbers low, the county could move from the purple to the red within a couple of weeks, allowing restaurant dining and other indoor activities. And emily turner will have much more on the story coming up in our next half hour. For a list of what has reopened in york county and across the bay area, go to our website, kpix. Com. A museum is getting ready to welcome visitors. Members of the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco can enter on september 22nd. The Asian Art Museum on october first the general public can visit them on the 25th and the Asian Art Museum on october third. Today, mayor london breed will be joined by doctor grant colfax to give an update on San Franciscos reopening. We are streaming it live. Just go to kpix. Com. Stepping outside with masks on for five seconds would give us a headache. The time is now 6 0 wait. School practices put on hold. What was supposed to be the first week back, the impacton students. Next on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. It is looking a little better for our air quality. Thankfully so. I will have the full forecast coming up. Meter lights artificially on plus we are dealing with some brake lights along 880. I will tell you why coming up. Here is a live look before we go to brea we saw the cloud of smoke and my heart fell. 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. Weve learned a lot more about the covid19 virus. Its real. And its dangerous. So, on behalf of all of us working on the front lines, please take it seriously. And while we dont yet have a cure or a vaccine, we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart. Do your best to stay out of crowded spaces. And get a flu shot, its even more important this year. We can do this. If we do it together. Dearand with summer here,these energy bills are rising. Er s a by taking steps to stay cool while using less. Keep safe and keep it golden. It is 6 12 on this tuesday morning. We still have that spare the air alert in effect, dealing with smoky skies this morning in spots and we are seeing some improvement. The full forecast is coming up in a few minutes. It is another smoky day in san jose as we take a look at the city. Outdoor exercise is almost impossible. Now, schools are canceling in person sports practices and they were supposed to be there first week back. For palo alto and other schools, the air quality was at 150 anything below that, they still get to practice but one College Student is actually choosing the bay area as a refuge. He escaped the smoke and fires in oregon and came to california. Every day, they would be ashes and we could not see the sun. It was hard to go outside. Stepping outside, with masks on, for five seconds would give us a headache. On stanford campus, we did find some students out exercising, some with and others without masks however mostly they are doing their best to minimize their exposure to the dirty air. A big effort to cut down on wildfire risk in the hills. They will be thinning trees all day to make sure there is not enough fuel to spark a major fire. Crews also want to make sure claims do not spread to hundreds of homes in the area like in the deadly 1991 open hills fire. The work has happened south of the chevelle space and Science Center by skyline boulevard. The sf chronicle reports a mistake why pg e may have played a role in californias rolling blackouts. They distracted of 400 megawatt power plant in Fresno County to scale back instead of telling a smaller plant to wind down. The mess up men as many as 255 megawatts of power was unavailable to the states u a big plan to fix a big problem in san jose. Mayor sam liccardo says that he and three other councilmembers assigned the plan to spend 3 million to hire contractors to dispose of all the legal on site. The reason they heard neighbors complaint and they want to put big money into a new effort. I think those who live here have reached the limit and i think that we have rattled a lot of cages, to get positive action. It is ensuring that we have clear, transparent views of what everyone is going to do. The 3 million would come from tripling the budget and would be split up into 1 million per month until the end of the year. Lets get another check on the roads with gianna. How is it looking . It is looking a bit busy, especially towards the bay bridge. Those meter lights are officially on. They were turned on before 6 00. You are backed up not quite to the maze but definitely beyond the 880 overpass. Once youre past all this, if youre commuting into San Francisco, the upper deck of the bay bridge its clear into the city with no brake lights. West town 580, it is loaded up and there is lots of company out of 205 connecting onto 580. Mount house out of tracy to north flynn is where the bulk of the delays are. Then right around 45 minutes to from 205 over towards a 680. East shore freeway is still in the clear on highway 4, looking at 29 minutes from antioch towards hercules. We are seeing some improvement and we have a pocket from Marina Boulevard south 880 downs as you go 128 80 s. Things are improving dramatically towards the san mateo bridge and north of there, we are looking better as well. We have some significant brake lights on south 880 and the downtown oakland area but as you can see, we are seeing lots of green, so good news if you want to use 880. Things are definitely improving in that area and we have a 40 minute drive time to between 880 over towards 101. We have some good news for the air quality is improving. Here is mary. Finally, i think all of us have been waiting for this. We are slowly starting to see that better air quality and it will continue as we go through the week with that stronger eveng fference insag in. Fransco yestday, with the althy category and now unhealthy air for sensitive groups around 136 with the aqi value in San Francisco. From oakland and san leandro and redwood city and san jose and for livermore this morning, i want to show you the north bay and a big improvement looking at moderate air quality for healdsburg, santa rosa, san rafael, and vallejo. It is unhealthy air for sensitive groups around vacaville and concord and unhealthy air for everyone for san pablo and berkeley. We are going to continue to see improving air quality conditions every single day. So it will get better and better for us with the stronger sea breeze helping to mix out some of that smoke in the atmosphere. We had a lot of smoke. Here is a live look with the Mount Hamilton camera. You have a hazy start to our day with some patchy fog. Santa rosa has a foggy start, down to 52 degrees. Upper 50s for livermore in San Francisco in 60s from concord, oakland, and for san jose. That west code wildfire smoke for us in california and oregon and Washington Statedwintothe e coast. That is how far, going thousands of miles with all of that wildfire smoke. The satellite and radar view at home is looking at the low pressure system moving even closer to us. That is why we are seeing the marine influence that will continue through the week. By thursday and friday, we are going to see the ocean breeze kicking in it will bring beneficial rainfall for the pacific northwest. With the massive wildfires in oregon and Washington State, they are going to see the much needed rainfall and help for the firefightiefso, we are seei through far Northern California with this weather system. Eureka could see some rain and for us in the bay area for thursday, we could see some drizzle with that system. So that will be a welcome sight in the bay area. Lets show you the daytime highs. We are below average, looking at 77 in san jose, 76 for santa clara and then for the east bay, 86 in concord and Pleasant Hill. In the mid80s for the tri valley and around the bay, mid sixties in San Francisco, low 70s in oakland and upper 70s to low 80s for the north bay. What you can expect. We have smoke tomorrow but we are going to continue to improve with our weather conditions and the air quality as we go through the week. Back to you. Happening today, this year, the autumn noon festival in chinatown will look different due to the pandemic. The event usually draws thousands every year where people get to see lion dances, parades, live music, and much more. Today, event organizers will announce a virtual celebration of the festivals 30th anniversary. It will be live streamed this friday. I have seen a lot of different activities on opening day but i have never seen anything quite like this before. Back to school with laptops and lawn chairs. Remote learning together. Give you my world how can i, when you wont take it from me you can go your own way go your own way your wireless. Your rules. Only with xfinity mobile. Some seniors at a School District in new york are getting creative. They are taking outside of the box. They have been setting up classrooms in the parking lot of their school to do Remote Learning together. The district had to go fully remote for grades three through 12 due to budget cuts, something that struck the districts bank account the superintendent of the schools is impressed with how the seniors expressed their cu. I have seen a lot of different senior activities on opening day but i have never seen anything quite like this before. We do know we will get a pep rally or a senior season. We do not have the full experience. We are doing the best with what we are given. They are ironing out some rules but if students remain vigilant with their schoolwork, they can continue to gather in the parking lot. To stay uptodate on all the changes in the bay area, check out the special section on our website, kpix. Com. The new study with a possible link coming up in our next half hour on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. It was i just wish we had been more careful. Do what you can outside. Stay six feet apart. Because some things you just cant take back. Do your part to lower the risk. I got it all from you im always pushing through i know well make it i know youre waiting on im like you ondemand glucose monitoring. Because theyre always on. Another lifechanging technology from abbott. So you dont wait for life. You live it. Live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning. A settlement reached. Six months after police started breonna taylor, the citys plan to pay up before her death. It may not look like much but those yellow dots you see there are the colors we have been waiting for. We are tracking better bay area air. States of emergencies are declared as Hurricane Sally turns in the golf. There is lifethreatening storm surge expected. They change course. The new reopening rules in about 24 hours. Good morning, it is tuesday, september 15th. Good morning, we have a lot to get to as you go outside. Lets start with mary lee and the improving air that we have been waiting for. Yes, it has been week weeks. We have been waiting for this and we are finally starting to see some improving air quality conditions and that will continue as we go through the week. It will get better and better, thankfully so. Check out our quality conditions. You can see moderate air quality for santa rosa, rio vista, unhealthy air for sensitive groups like san rafael and concord, San Francisco yesterday is in the very unhealthy category. We are starting to see those improving conditions. Looking at unhealthy air for everyone from oakland and fremont and livermore and for san jose at this hour. We still have that spare the air alert that remains in effect. We are going a record 29 days in a row with our spare the air alert for the bay area but you can see as we go for the next few days