Tonight, the air quality in the bay area night yet great but dramatically better than the past few days. You can see just how much clearer was in sausalito today we have been living in some of the most unhealthy air on earth over the past week but people are slowly getting back outside as we start to see and to smell a difference in the air. Our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here with details yeah guys finally getting those winds to start to clear things out still got some haze in the atmosphere and you can boy needs shot from the Berkeley Hills here lot going on to get some haze out there from some of the smoke some high clouds all some patchy fog. Begin to move in along the coastline. But certainly the air quality much better around the bay area today looking out toward the Golden Gate Bridge you can see it again we have some thick fog moving a little early on but that will be back again pushing into the bay and certainly overnight tonight kind of filling in around the bay area. But that though today finally getting a breath of fresh air outside heres where we sit right now youve got good quality area into San Francisco in oakland through hey were fremont all the way down into mount doom back toward the coastline. Still moderate amounts of blues but quite an improvement from yesterday in other parts of the bay area and i think as we look toward tomorrow, you start out hazy early on that some that smoke will settle in for the ground once again early on the morning, but i think by the afternoon. The winds pick up again and the great news is weve got even better quality in the forecast, the next few days outside right now were catching more of a westerly when you start to see these moving up into the teens you get 10 miles an hour in the San Francisco 13 at sfo 14 in oakland 12 of the ship 15 in fairfield so the winds have started to ramp up a little bit i think more so as we head in toward tomorrow afternoon weve got a cold front. Thats actually moving along the west coast bringing rain up in the pacific northwest, even some showers all the way into portland maybe a few showers that in the far Northern California but more importantly its going to start to ramp up that on shore breeze and that breeze will bring much fresh air much needed fresh air to the bay area and very good air quality as we round out the better part of this week. Thank you lawrence thousands of firefighters continue to fight dozens of fires burning up and down the west coast. So far the bodies of at least 35 people have been found in california alone more than 3 million acres have burned and more than 4200 structures have been destroyed smoke from these fires has created the poor air quality all over the state that weve been talking about the major wildfires still 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 thats burning in Fresno County and the eldorado fire burning in Riverside County wildfires burning in the bay area orange inching closer to full containment. The lnu complex fires in the north bay are now 98 contained the scu complex fires in the east and south bays or 98 contained as well. The czu complex fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties are 93 contained and woodward fire at point raze National Seashore in Warren County is 95 contained if you want to check the air quality where you live you can head to our web site we have posted a brand new air quality map that map is coded by color ranging from good indicated in green to dark purple for hazardous. This could be found on our website at kron 4 dot com. Now to covid news finally after looking back and forth marin county has advanced moving into tier 2 that means many businesses. Can now welcome back patrons for the First Time Since closing in march. Kron fours terisa stasio joins us now from Orange County with more on what that includes theresa. A hike and were out here in san rafael thats Northgate Mall behind me and now they can open at 50 and that has a lot of residents and Business Owners smiling from ear to ear. Theyre just excited for the next step tj belger of tea jays gyms is all smiles, he opened outdoor facilities a while ago and now can welcome to inside services for the First Time Since march people feel much more comfortable staying outside they dont want to come back inside and take great whenever it will never get rid of okay with people around the said we dont want that to go with great will never get rid of as we see people are hopscotching into doing whatever they can do. The latest a live, but you know we want to take care of our customers better to be able to go yeah, were so excited to be inside to be able to browse books. Thats emily bett a she and her children have used the marine county library for the past few months when it started curbside drop off and pick up. But coming soon the library and all libraries in the county will be able to open their doors to allow patrons back in its all part of the county moving along the grid transitioning from tier one to tier 2 cities are these are jobs. These are people getting back to work there are a number of industries. That are able to move indoors finally that its been difficult for them to operate outdoors theyre also industries that are able to reopen for the very first time after 6 months of this pandemic laney hendricks marine counties spokesperson explains the county was supposed to reopen last week but the state shut that down the county then appealed and after hashing over the covid case load it agreed the county was on the right path so excited that were able announces businesses but we also want to caution our its not time to give up hope. And its because of the good work out Wearing Masks being very cautious when youre out in public cautious as the name of the game at Northgate Mall in sandra fell all over signs encourage people to keep a social distance of 6 feet or more. And some places are being even more cautious said bear restaurant thats just across the way here at Northgate Mall, they said that theyre going to wait until next week before they actually offer Indoor Dining they just want to make sure that theres not a back and forth again so that they can really reopened so everythings opening capacity that percentage of capacity will have on kron 4 dot com. So that will better guide you in these Uncertain Times reporting live here in south l theresa stasi about 2, 3, said, thank you very much to summarize marin county has successfully moved here 2 on the states tier system that means. The following businesses were allowed to reopen today, Retail Stores and indoor malls can reopen indoors at 50 capacity. Movie theaters restaurants museums, places of worship theyre allowed to reopen indoors at 25 capacity, certain personal Care Services are allowed to open indoors and gyms are allowed to reopen at just 10 capacity, San Francisco is marking the second day that salons barbershops and nail salons and. Gyms can be open indoors under specific guidelines, so you might think that this is an indication that residents are crushing the covid19 curve but as kron 4 dan kerman explains not all of the numbers are trending in the right direction. This week, San Francisco hair salons barber shops nail salons and gyms were among the businesses allowed to reopen indoors under strict guidelines. Well calling this a huge step. Mayor london breed cautioned residents tuesday, not to let their guard down causing a covid surge because that could stall additional reopenings enclosed these businesses again. This is progress but its not enough and its not certain the only way that we continue in this direction has everything to do with each and every one of us and the mayor has good reason for concern. One key indicator continues to move in the wrong direction. Hospitalizations started declining in august. But in september they started rising again. Now an increase of 29 i want to enjoy my life i want to live a want to go back to normal. But unfortunately, this is a deadly virus and it has a Significant Impact on the most vulnerable including our elderly. What we dont want to see is our bad behavior in packed them. We dont want to roll back the clock. The number of new daily cases is also a concern. Well theres been an overall decline since july. The number of new daily cases remains in the red zone, San Francisco averaging 61 new cases a day as people continue to move about the city and increase activities we will likely experience an ongoing increase in cases. To keep this reopen me to keep it moving forward. We need everyones help to limit that community spread. And city Officials Say that means more handwashing more maskwearing more social distancing and limited outdoor gatherings in San Francisco dan kerman kron 4 news coming 19 case numbers continue to fall across california today, california was officially removed from the new york, new jersey and connecticut, mandatory 14 day quarantine list for travelers. California was first added to that list back in june. The statewide Positivity Rate is down to 3. 6 over the last 2 weeks in an average case rate of 7. 7 per 100,000 people and stay informed on all things coronavirus here in the bay area and beyond we have a section of our web site dedicated to the pandemic you can find it under the news icon click the coronavirus tab head to our website kron 4 dot com. A san leandro officer charged with the shooting death of a black man inside a Walmart Store face a judge today Jason Fletcher is charged in the killing of stephen taylor, a judge denied his request to immediately post bail and he was taken into custody. The judge said fletcher can post bail before his next hearing which is later this month want to show you cell phone video from the incident this happened back in April Fletcher was a responding officer to a call about an alleged shoplifter inside the walmart who was holding a baseball bat. He shot and killed taylor claiming he was forced to do so. Senator Kamala Harris making her first public appearance in her home state since being named the democratic Vice President ial nominee senator harris joined governor Gavin Newsome in a tour of wildfire damage in Fresno County today. This trip comes one day after President Trump visited the sate and rejected the Scientific Consensus that Climate Change is worse the states fires senator harris told reporters that this is not a partisan issue. The victim advised by they could care less and their children could care less who they voted for in the last election. Not a partisan issue. This is not ideology should not kick in is just the facts. Its just a mess. Harris and newsom talked with city leaders and firefighters as the creek fire continues to tear through that county they also helped hand out food and supplies in downtown fresno. Big and dangerous storm preparing to thrash the gold coast were going to go live for the latest on Hurricane Sally. Masco or pay a the Berkeley City Council taking a vote tonight to decide whether or not to find help order of violators plus are you willing to be a covid seeker so youre a small business, or a big one. You were thriving, but then. Oh. Ah. Okay. Plan, pivot. 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A new study could help open up businesses that have been closed because of coronavirus and also keep restrictions in place where theyre necessary ucsf doctors are asking people to sign up for the study it is an app they created which tracks your location and can ultimately determine where people are possibly contracting covid19 kron fours michelle kingston shows us how. We still really dont understand when and where people are getting infected. But a new ucsf study may be able to track just that its called covid seeker theyre looking for people who have tested positive and to have never had the coronavirus to sign up but were further trying to do here is to understand you know when and where people might have been you know infected to be able to develop no more preventative measures to those areas its easy to sign up text seeker to 4, 1, 4, 1, one the covid19 Citizen Science mobile app will start to download. Youll receive an invitation to share your location history with covid seeker epidemiologist will be able to track where you are and where you would then with this information youll be asked to answer a series of questions and often report if you have any symptoms you also have the ability to sign up to receive information about your mobility and how it ranks with other people in your community and receive alerts if youve been in close contact for several minutes with someone who has coronavirus really trying to understand here is you know which Protection Measures are working in and which are not. But also where we can potentially be more lenient as well covid seeker also looks back in time and with enough participants may be able to recreate peoples movements when infection rates were rising and falling in the spring and summer giving epidemiologist the information they need to try to predict whats going to happen next michelle kingston kron 4 news. A drive through contact free covid19 testing site opened in berkeley on friday and more than 1300 people have already taking taken the selfadministered test the drivethru site makes Testing Available to more vulnerable populations such as seniors. It is taking place at the North Berkeley bart station from 9 in the morning until 3 oclock in the afternoon. Patients are given a lab kit. They swab themselves before dropping that kid in a bin it only takes a couple of minutes and results could be available within 2 days. The free testing will continue through october the second. The Berkeley City Council is voting tonight on whether or not to cite people who refuse to wear a face mask, if passed anybody in violation of the health order could be fined up to 100 the first time with penalties increasing for repeat violations so far we have no word on the vote many other counties are already in forcing their Health Orders to prevent the spread of covid19. We are monitoring tonights meeting and well report on the boat when it comes in while most schools continue with Distance Learning one Elementary School in Santa Clara County has reopened for in person classes. Primary plus private Elementary School welcome students back to class yesterday. Everyone wears masks and desks are spaced out principal Michelle Harris says everyone was very excited to get back to campus. Theres handwashing 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 set. 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 families not ready to send their children back for in Person Instruction can keep them in zoom classes, School Officials also say theyre prepared in the event someone tests positive for covid19 during the school year. The Santa Clara CountyPublic Health department is urging its residents to get flu shots this year 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 a very similar and the 2 illnesses could be mistaken for one another if somebody has not been vaccinated or tested for the virus tonight kron fours airing