Area. Both towers of the Golden Gate Bridge are visible today as we move it to moderate air quality. Thank you for joining us at 3 im Sanaz Tahernia the smoke from the wildfires have choked our skies and theyve now reached the other side of the country in this picture. You can see how the smoke has been distributed across the United States. The National Weather service says the smoke was caught in a jet stream and was carried across the u. S. And into the east coast want to check in on condition this hour with our meteorologist dave spahr dave is this a better air that were seeing or is it going to be changing again as weve seen in the last few days, whats got a little better you pointed out and it will continue that trend it looks like as we get later on during the week with the promise front. How about this live shot to this but looking good all of this afternoon out of Half Moon Bay doesnt look very inviting shadows been a little darker more stark going on for today. Now we do have the marine layer coming back again for tonight tomorrow morning even thicker and stroager than it was this morning there you see the progress of about 6. 30 spilling into the Central Valley, covering most of the bay for the start of the day, heres a look at the winds currently now we do continuing on shore. Although theres a little bit of a surface when thats going on as you can see northwesterly but note the aforementioned. Half moon bay, were getting a little that southwest flow in response to the front thats due to the fact the front being just towards our north will be talking a little bit about that as well. Sfo looking good as well we can finally make out some blue skies up there so thats good temperatures. We have the middle to upper 80s going on in the far east bay east bay shoreline checks in mid 70s. We have a hodgepodge of 80s 70s up north 71 San Francisco, 78 san jose numbers are actually higher even though this onshore flow is in place at this hour than 24 hours ago. And we have better solar heating going on with the clear blue skies breaker day down for you in the evening, 74 by 7 oclock falling to 65. I say hazy with that but a lot of thats going to be the mentioned fog too so we have the fog coming back again we talk a little bit more which can expect later on this week coming up in a bit back to you thank you dave. Dozens of wildfires continue to burn across the state in many communities, people are returning to find their homes destroyed by the fires. Some plan to rebuild but others say it might be time to move on kron fours Charles Clifford has details. Well right now im standing along Pleasant Valley road. This is north of vacaville in Solano County the hennessy fire burned through this area doing a lot of damage destroying dozens of homes and many of those people are beginning to return and start the long process of rebuilding but for some folks its just too much. Tuesday morning john prado was literally sifting through what remains of his home of 35 years here along Pleasant Valley road. I found a few points but the ones that are really want to find so like so many of his neighbors, he and his wife had to flee the hennessy fire in the middle of the night. They came back to find they had lost everything pictures name and whatever. You can get. And for so many years to lose it. And one night is kind of my wife. It couldnt handle it just. When we come here and saw this. You know because here 2 years since the fire they have been staying in a hotel in vacaville and trying to figure out what to do next. John says their Insurance Company has been very helpful. But sadly they are not going to rebuild probably not the just go and buy a house and i used to be a general i can work that hard them or not is. Theres really hard so. Weve got to move on. Now john also says another reason they dont want to rebuild here is that there have been major fires near their home almost every year for the past 5 years and theyre worried that if they pull together the money and somehow rebuild their house there could just be another fire next year or the year after that but for now in the north bay Charles Clifford kron 4 news. And over in Central California senator Kamala Harris and governor newsome are in Fresno County today meeting with city leaders and local firefighters as the creek fire continues to burn. Some wilt or damage from the fire and hand out food and supplies in Downtown Fresno on the creek fire has burned over 220,000 acres and is only 16 contained was a month ago today. One month ago today. We over 72 hour period and close to 14,000 lightning strikes. August 15th august 18th 1100 a new fire starts 2. 8 million acres burned just in the last 30 days. 3. 3 plus million acres. Since the beginning of the calendar year. It is potentially toxic. Were talking about the Climate Crisis we are talking about a Public Health crisis. In terms of clean air the potential are not water. This is a this a profound Public Health. I need to look at senior to look at children who can not throughout california right now because of the smoke leave their homes. They cannot go outdoors or their their advice not to go outdoors because it is a health risk is a Public Health crisis, the timing right. Well have more on this visit on kron 4 news at 5. And now to our wildfire coverage, thousands of firefighters continue to fight dozens of fires burning up and down the west coast. At least 35 people have died in california alone more than 3 million acres have burned and more than 4200 structures have been destroyed smoke from these fires has created poor air quality all over the state. Major wildfires burning in california right now include the august complex fire burning in mendocino and humboldt counties the north complex fires burning in butte county the creek fire burning in Fresno County in the eldorado fire burning in riverside county. And wildfires burning in the bay area are inching closer to full containment the lnu complex fire in the north bay is now 97 contained the scu complex fires in the east and south bays is 98 contained in full containment of that fire is expected by wednesday crews now have the czu complex fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties at 91 containment. The winner fire at Point Reyes National seashore in marine county is now 95 contained. Happening tonight, Berkeley City Council will vote on whether or not to Issue Citations to people who refuse to wear masks. Now passed any person of violating health order could be fined up to a 100 for the first violation with penalties increasing for repeat violations. Many other counties have already approved such measures to enforce mask wearing and prevent the spread of coronavirus and most people we spoke to agree with the proposal. I think its really important for public help take care of each other very important time. So by and this time it. Wearing a face mask is already required in berkeley in stores waiting in line for Public Transportation inside the workplace and while at Outdoor Dining when youre up from your table well continue to follow this voting provide you with updates as we receive them. And as covid19 numbers continue to fall in california more and more counties are moving to reopen some indoor businesses Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala has the latest covid19 update from state officials pashley. Hes not for his covid19 numbers are substantially down right now the Positivity Rate statewide sitting at 3. 6 over the last 2 weeks and the case rate of 7. 7 cases per 100,000 people those numbers actually got california removed today, officially from the new york, new jersey and connecticut tristate area mandatory 14 day quarantine list for travelers. Now in addition to that 3 more counties in the got the green light tuesday to move forward into the next tier of reopening going from purple that widespread here to read substantial in this tier of murder in tacoma and Union Counties moved from those tiers out to the to the substantial red tier that allows those counties 3 of the many indoor businesses with extremely limited capacity schools can reopen in these counties for 2 weeks in 2 weeks. We know theres a whole host another set of veteran corporal today but matt, the criteria for the reds here for one week so if those trends hold and they continue to see stable and reduce transmission. Both in their case remembers as well test positivity that some additional counties for the move from purple to read so San Diego County was the first county to go from the states most restrictive tear into the reds here allowing them to reopen some of those indoor businesses and schools in a matter of weeks but right now the county has an increase in cases which could put them right back into the most restrictive tier state officials arent saying yet whether the reopening of those indoor businesses and even some colleges in the area caused those numbers to rise now state officials are also warning with holidays around the corner of a young before rush hour later this weekend. Theyre just searching that same caution the maskwearing the social distancing. The avoiding having with people outside of your own home and also with halloween trick or treating around the corner of a warning that could look different this year to they are working on new guidance for trick or treating possibly. Reporting live from l ast isabella from 4 days ashley, thank you for that. Now we are tracking local coronavirus cases so far the state has recorded more than 760,000 cases. With more than a 14,000 deaths across the bay area there are more than 90,000 reported cases and more than 1200 deaths. More details on our website at kron 4 dot com. Coming up today on kron 4 news at 3 the department of justice announces a charges in a gang sweep at a concord Shopping Center. Officers describing the area as a onestop shop for violence and after the break the Santa Clara CountyElementary School gets the green light from the county to the open well hear more from the schools principal when we come back. Well most schools continue with Distance Learning an Elementary School in Santa Clara County is back open for in person classes kron fours noelle bellow joins us live now with more from the schools principal well. Sanaas yesterday was the first day of in person classes for students at primary plus private Elementary School. And heres what it looked like kids desks were spaced out in the classrooms. Masks were worn at all times the school was able to reopen for these in person classes after they received a waiver from the Santa Clara HealthDepartment PrincipalMichelle Ohara said that students and staff were all really excited to get back to campus. And theyll continue to follow some very strict guidelines to ensure the health and safety of everyone there. Theres hand washing that happens during every transition. And when they enter the building when they go to leave the building. In addition to this social distancing in the classrooms and the time that the students are outside sitting on any benches they are marked for where they are allowed to and we also have staggered our dropoff times and our recess times under lunch times to ensure that the distancing is taking place between the stable cohorts of students so it is definitely a learning curve for all of us and were getting used to the routine of it. But we are very excited to have everyone back on campus. There are no afterschool programs for now and any students whose families did not want to return to in Person Learning are still able to participate in zoom classes. So theyve kind of theres lots of options they also have protocols in place for if someone does get covid19 at some point during the school year this interview was live earlier today on our streaming service kronon you can download that for free in your app store to catch more just like it not. Thank you know, ellen kron 4 is airing a special focusing on Virtual Learning tonight, well talk to educators from across the bay area about families and teachers and how theyre dealing with the pandemic as schools continue to be closed since last spring back to school coping during a pandemic airs tonight at 9. 30. The Santa Clara CountyPublic Health department is urging residents to get flu shots this year that in addition to taking measures to prevent the spread of covid19 Health Officials say the annual flu affects many people in the same demographics as the coronavirus including those over the age of 65 and people with chronic medical conditions. Health officials also say symptoms of the flu and the coronavirus are very similar and the 2 illnesses could be mistaken for each other if someone has not been vaccinated or tested for the virus. It also in the south bay, a 22 yearold man has died after crashing into a big rig on Us Highway One o one in san jose early this morning. It happened around 01 00am on northbound highway one o one just south of tel erode the 20 or 2 yearold san jose resident was driving a 2017 honda accord when he rear ended the big rig driver died on the scene. His name has not yet been released. Switching gears now to talk about the weather, heres a live. Look at our walnut creek camera a little clearer but theres g definitely the haze out there with the kron 4 meteorologist dave spahr hes standing by with more on how the improving the air quality is improving. Yeah, a little sanaas that we have the shot from u c berkeley and as i sometimes had in school sometimes of that each ward right needs work. So we need to still work on this Health Little bit. But it does look pretty nice of the shot from the Golden Gate Bridge shut down dont forget the other image are looking at was more glare from the suns perspective here were looking to up north and we can see both towers very clearly this is a big time improvement from we had just yesterday helping out each day has been that marine layer with its fog coming along for the ride in spilling into the Central Valley, Sacramento Valley. Again that will happen tonight to greet us for tomorrow morning. Now the winds at the surface of continued there on short and basically out of the northwest for a lot of the east bay shoreline however, noting down around pacifica it will around Half Moon Bay to a little bit north westerly southwesterly thats all in response to this front. Thats lingering right off the coast not going to get a full 4 fact of this doesnt look like well get a little waves coming across and thats enough. The kind of mix up the atmosphere to improve what we already have so this is what it looked like as we look upstream just to check things out for the next about 24 to 36 hours or so again that marine layer comes out. Notice upstream a few little showers out there thats where the deeper front is causing more the vertical lift going on here and well just have successive waves that takes us to the end of the week. Actually warmer going on today that we have from yesterday. Were expecting tonight 61 San Francisco fog and breezy as an addendum to add in there we might get a little bit of patches of drizzle thrown in for good measure open youre looking at 62 fog and mild and for san jose at about 60 with hazy and mild conditions now across the wider bay temperatures holding pretty much lower 60s range some 50s up here the north bay 59 for Half Moon Bay and 60 san jose lets going get a check of that 7 day forecast we will have some better clearing after this front getting to the latter portion of the week temperatures do drop a little bit in response to win the front is done to the lower 80s warming up a touch, it looks like into the weekend. So does thank you dave and speaking of the weather. Ahead at 3. 45. Well have a live shot from the gulf coast where Hurricane Sally is expected to hit land tomorrow and bring a dangerous storm surge and after the break details on a drivethru testing site in berkeley that lets you be in charge of the entire time more on that after the break. In berkeley, a new drivethru covid19 test site allows you to administer your own coronavirus tests kron fours phillipe djegal has details. As of friday, the city of berkeley has partnered with the company Curative Incorporated they have set up shop here at the North Berkeley bart station parking lot off of delaware street where there allowing people to drive through for a selfadministered covid19 swab test basically drive up after setting an appointment online with curative and then the personnel here hand you. Packet which includes the swabs basically or test kit and then you roll up your window a