All in the bay area, low clouds, lots of this mo the afternoon hours, we are watching the fire zone forecast is welcome to the wind picks up, nothing too extreme around time is 50 miles an hour. More of your forecast a few minutes. Standing by right now we have an update on the commute. Reporter good morning, we have traffic that is moving along slowly on some of these commutes at the bay bridge toll plaza for example. You will see its backed up all the way to the main metering lights which are on, this is about a 15 minute delay, nothing unusual about that should be gone by 8 00 unless it is a problem this is the 880, i moved too quickly for me. Here it is, goodnews. If you are leaving the city in fremont, the crash is clear, traffic on the ultimate pass approach is still very heavy. The south a commutes to 80 in san jose and all the other freeways are doing well, lets get back to the headlines. Straight to a developing story, we are following overnight, hundreds of people took part in a march and demonstration in oakland in support of jacob blake. The unarmed black man in wisconsin who was shot by police. Lets bring in allie rasmus out to show us how the protest started off peacefully but, then, before the night was over, it all changed. Reporter Oakland Police estimate the size of the demonstration was a from six other people to 700 people, protesters gathered in support of the black lives matter and also justice for jacob blake. The march starter on 7 30 in the evening, the demonstration was passionate, but peaceful from the first couple of hours at least. After listening to speakers at the plaza protesters made their way down broadway towards the Oakland Police department, you can hear firecrackers being set off on the routes, people marching were met by barricades at officers and right here once they reached Oakland Police headquarters on eighth and broadway. In this video and on social media does not. Please appear that Police Use Teargas on the protesters. Your violence will not be tolerated. At some point after this police say there were acts of vandalism, around 9 45 last night when agitators in the crowd attempted to set fire to a business at eighth and broadway, the Fire Department cleared up he fire then cleared any damage. Several businesses had windows shattered in the oakland, downtown and uptown neighborhoods. By 11 00 emma b. A. R. T. Close the 19th street are stations with reports of fires a set downtown, this is a look at the outside of the courthouse on fallon street. The fire was put out with no visible damage. Now, you are looking at a live picture this wording of the whole foods in oakland, you can see the winners at the 27 street location now are boarded up, and one part point, protesters stopped traffic on the grand avenue off ramp at the 5 80 around 11 00 last night, several people were arrested and there is no report of a protesters or Police Officers injured. We reached out to the Oakland Police and city officials money to get more information about what happened overnight. When we hear from them, we will update you. Reporting live, allie rasmus, ktvu mornings on 2. An Investigation Continues this morning into the shooting of jacob blake who was shot at least seven times and is paralyzed from the waist down, the Wisconsin Department of justice says the Police Officer who shot blake a seven year police veteran. Police department is only saying they were responding to a domestic dispute. Mr. Blake what run the vehicle, opened the driver side door. And leaned forward. Holding onto mr. Blake shirt, officer rustin fired his Service Weapon seven times. A 17yearold arrested suspicious with the murder after two people shot and killed tuesday night during protests in kenosha. Identified as Kyle Rittenhouse seen firing his weapon seven times then walking away as you see in the middle of the street with his hand in the air walking towards police, Still Holding a rifle. Rittenhouse was among groups of heavily armed civilians in kenosha who claimed they were protecting businesses from protesters. Track coverage of the fights for racial equality continues on the ktvu news app with more stories on protests and rallies here in the bay area and around the country. Lets turn to the wildfires burning in california, specifically the bay area. The lu lighting complex fires now one third contained, fires have burned nearly 564 square miles from sonoma to counties. In case weather conditions get worse, more than 1000 homes and businesses have been destroyed from the fire burning in san mateo and Santa Cruz County did not do much at all overnight. Less than an hour ago, cal fire reported the fire has burned 127 square miles is less than half square mile more than last night. The flames remain at 21 containment and crews were able to keep up with the growth of the fire despite not being able to fly firefighting aircrafts yesterday. The weather expected to be better for flying today and cal fire chief says it could give crews the first big test of the fire safety they have set up a next couple days, it will start getting warmer, drier and we will see a north wind producing and pushing on the line and will give us a test to validate for us the line and it being able to hold. 646 buildings destroyed. More than 23,000 others still threatened by flames. Cal fire allowed road crews and utility workers in areas where the fire is out. Theyre working to restore lower power and Water Service of the to get into the neighborhood safely before the people will be allowed back. It could happen by sunday if all goes well. The largest wildfire burning in the state remains the sc lighting complex which has burned 574 square miles per the east bay, south and central valley, cal fire ducting controlled burns to help with containment lines. Authorities alerting people they may see large columns of smoke and it might come from these controlled burns. Thankfully youre here with us on moorings and two but if you have to go you can get all of the latest news on the wildfires including evacuation orders and containment orders when you go to ktvu. Com. We also have good information there on how you can help survivors. Hurricane laura now downgraded to a category two storm but it was a category for when hit the gulf coast are. Went up to 150 miles an hour when it made landfall. One driver you see here in louisiana caught in the powerful wind and the rain. Officials urge people in the path of the storm to get out of there. The National Hurricane center warned of on survivable storm surges that could be as high as 20 feet and reach up to 40 miles inland. It does not do you any good to figure property if you are going to lose your life. Property can be replaced your life cannot. More than half Million People told to leave their homes, water levels already rising from galveston bay, texas to mobile bay, alabama, the floodwaters in some areas are not expected to go back down until several days after the storm. Just incredible, we talk about the California Wildfires with the weather at home but we have to start on the gulf coast and you are tracking hurricane laura . Yes, just amazing. A couple days ago we talked about this reaching category one status, before we know what were talking about it landfall with a major hurricane, category 5 puppy category 4 store making landfall last night, central time for us 11 pm, 35 miles to the texas border. The category 4 storm with wind 150 miles an hour, we check of some of the current wind observations at alexandria, louisiana. 79 Miles Per Hour for gusts, we show you some of the storm reports kind of scattered around portions of the area. You will see just of course lots of wind and flood reports as well, these are just a few of the trees snapped, that is the minimum impact you would see with the storm coming out of effect lots of tree damage and also some flash flooding as well from earlier this morning. Right now, the storm in fact weekend, this is a new development, it is now a category one, a category one hurricane with wind at 85 miles an hour, it weakens and continues as the system and hurricane continues to move to the north and eventually to the east. Now, in terms of fire in the bay area, we have been watching this clouds and fog collecting the firefighters over the past few days with clouds clearing up at the coastline of the winds pick up around 1015 may be approaching 20 miles an hour. This afternoon we check out some of the conditions around some of the fire zones. The weather has been very nice overnight with humidity and moisture levels recovering overnight. Around 90100 as we check out some of the fire zones closer to the woodward fire. Then closer to the Santa Cruz Mountains and San Mateo County area managers now in the 50s across most locations. That is where we go right now across most the bay area and warm spots around 60 degrees. We still have this, low clouds and fog up and down the coastline, we gradually clear back to the shoreline but i know its a stubborn patch for San Francisco. All day long we hold onto leftover patches this afternoon. Hotspots inland close to 90 degrees, today it should be warmer than yesterday. The warmup will continue as we head into friday. President trump and joe biden taking positions on how to handle the rising covid19 cases. Why both campaigns are looking to the past as we get closer to election day. Plus, today is a final day of the Republican National convention. Coming up, the recap of last night and what is ahead tonight as the focus will be on President Trump. You have the power to know before you go when you wake up with mornings on 2. We also have the power to know everywhere you go when you download the ktvu fox 2 news app. Experience the ultimate sports hub. Where you can find games, news and highlights. All in one place, right on your tv. The xfinity sports zone. 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Every day the president fights to expand the reach of the american dream. President trump appeared on stage with mike pence is you see here, crowd of 100 people there at fort mchenry, feel with masks, chairs spaced three feet apart, not six feet apart. Make sure you stay with us for live coverage of the final of the public and convention. Will have the presence speech and speakers getting up to him on interrupted at 7 00 and. At odds in which party provides better leadership during a health crisis, medical Health Experts are weighing in, democrats accused the Trump Administration not doing enough to curb the coronavirus, republicans say the Obama Administration struggled with the response to the outbreaks of ebola and h1 and one during its watch, medical experts say its hard to compare different viruses, especially with how easily spread the coronavirus appears to be. Starting tomorrow, covid19 restrictions and contra costa counties rolled back a bit, contra costa county, hotels are allowed to reopen to everyone, not just essential workers. Both alameda and Hunter Custer county, hair and nail salons can operate outdoors, outdoor pools can reopen, wineries can offer outer tastings, even if they do not serve food. One problem many Business Owners are facing if they set up shop outside, all the smoke in the air from the wildfires. Even if they are allowed to reopen tomorrow, some Business Owners say, they may wait until the air quality improves. The time is 7 17, 8 contained for the fire at the port raise national seashore, firefighters are making progress with the help of the fog. The fires burning west of highway one, bring about 400 square miles, 90 homes were evacuated near inverness. They were seeing evacuation warnings for parts of see haven and alina. Out morning commute. What we see here is not too bad when it comes to the commute. In fact, we have had an improvement here. In the last little bit. 280 san jose looks good. Some of the other commute we have been watching have been better. A 80 has been better, the bay bridge is not quite completely cleared but, better than it was. So, looks like this might be cleared in the next half hour that is good news if you are driving into San Francisco, the other east bay commute has been relatively quiet. Today, thursday morning, we start the day with another round of fog your call today will be a little warmer, at least other warmer compared to yesterday. Air quality levels, the smoke and the fire really impacting air quality, current observations, we come in closer and you cannot see moderate levels or nap and vacaville, decent air quality for santa rosa, closer to send rafaela marin county in orange, unhealthy for sensitive groups and we find that in san jose as well, the morning closer to the Santa Clara Valley and looks like santa cruz recording moderate levels. Today, the projections in the orange with unhealthy for sensitive groups across the entire bay area. The spare the air alert remains in place right through friday. Current numbers to start your thursday morning, most areas in the 50s to right around 60 degrees, as we back up into the mountains we still have low clouds up and down the coastline, typical summertime patterns starting up the day. Here is what is happening, an area of High Pressure was to rebuild a little bit with a bit of a warmer forecast today. Tomorrow should be one of the warmest days of the week. No excessive heat warnings. Temperatures training up as we head into friday. Chilly on the side today. It should be warmer compared to yesterday, san jose with 81 morgan hill 89 degrees. A warmup in the friday forecast, no major change by the weekend. 7 20, the wildfire burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains damaged one of the oldest christmas reforms on the west coast, coming up, how long it takes the family behind the farm to get the business back up and running. Firefighters stretched thin battling several wildfires in the bay area and the state, after the break, how crews could be helped safely on the ground. 7 23. A little la woman by the doors. I am here for it. Jim morrison. At his best. [ music ]the problem after hearing this song as i do not feel like working anymore, but i will, send me a song, facebook, twitter, instagram. With the ktvu hashtag. Happening today, county Community Leaders in santa clara talking about expanded census outreach efforts as we approach the deadline to be counted in the census, Officials Say 25 of Santa Clara County household have not responded to the 2020 census, the deadline is september 30th. We will learn more about the plan to send out 100 canvassers at the News Conference in san jose at noon as well. A muchneeded boost in california, Governor Newsom signed an executive order yesterday extending a deadline to early next year for county Election Officials to count and verify signatures on Initiative Petitions for the november 2022 ballots, the initiative scheduled for the next election in two years. A San Diego Company says Drone Technology can help stop the spread of wildfires and spare firefighters from going into risky situations. Its called Mighty Fire Breaker with drones surveying terrain equipped with special sprayers the drones spray and all natural chemical next like a fire retardant. Can be used on homes and dry vegetation. I think it would be helpful. A lot of people with the wildfires, they create a safety space around the house, but, if you had a spray like this, its could just help prevent fires from spreading so quickly. The company says the Machine Works best with residential neighborhoods. The lighting complex fire heavily damaged a Christmas Tree farm in bonnie doone. Cross ranch one of the oldest Christmas Tree farms on the west coast. Its run by the moran family and four generations live on the property. The farm estimates about 80 of the 35,000 Christmas Trees are gone, one of the family homes burned as well. Across the street from me, i could hear the i look out the flames are rolling, coming at