Through tomorrow. The poor air quality for both days. And were going to take a look at that visible satellite picture because one thing you may notice is there are multiple fires burning, not just around. And the oregon area, but we also have fires burning right around Northern California. So when you take a look there, you have that one right there around the western side of oregon. We have another one, northwestern california. And that smoke is just coming into our area. So were going to have to deal with it. In addition to all of this fire danger will be elevated for the north bay mountains, lake and solano counties starting at 11 p. M. Tonight when that red flag warning goes up. Ill be back with a closer look at that fire danger and when air quality will improve in just a minute larry. All right, sandy, thank you. Well see you in a few minutes with the seven day forecast. Sandy just mentioned the wildfires causing our bad air are pretty far away. You can see up on the map here, this cluster of fires up in the oregon area. This, by the way, is our abc seven weather tracker. It shows you where the fires are burning. And you can also see air quality lels on the very same map. Abc seven News Reporter stephanie sierra with a closer look at the fires and smoke. The bay area is bracing for several days of hazy skies as some of the largest wildfires burning in the us are merging in the dense forests of californias northwest corner. Its causing scenes like this no sailboats out on the bay, but smoky skies drifting over the golden gate bridge. Duck, wind is an air quality specialist with the bay area air Quality Management district. He says the wind circulation is expected to become heavy and will continue to bring unhealthy conditions to the area. We do anticipate an impact in the bay area to continue through today and thursday. The haze is stemming from intense smoke from several major fires burning along the Southern Coast of oregon and in far Northern California. South of the oregon border. Its possible these conditions could remain for a few days. Our incident meteorologist is looking at a cold front coming into the area today that is going to bring in strong winds. And so we have a likelihood of Additional Fire growth and fire growth means additional smoke. But as we look out towards the weekend, theres increasing chance of rain bringing relief back to the bay area. Smoke coming down take long distances. Theres a lot of variables, including when temperatures impact, how the smoke plume is going to behave. The bay area has 30 air quality monitoring stations that track the latest aqi levels. And to put it in perspective for you, the air were breathing today is the worst its been in nearly two years. So expect that the spare the air alert to continue through thursday with unhealthy conditions that could persist through friday. Reporting in San Francisco, stephanie sierra, abc seven news. Air quality is impacted all around the bay area. On the peninsula we use drone view seven to get an aerial view of the haze over Stanford University today and some views. It doesnt look too bad. You can see patches of blue sky above palo alto. Check it out. You can see some blue sky above the golden gate bridge. Not a bad shot there. A drone view seven flew over the Marina District of San Francisco today. There was noticeable haze in the sky, but visibility wasnt too bad. More than half of the branches of the San FranciscoPublic Library were at risk of closing today, 17 locations dont have advance eight ventilation systems, so an air quality deteriorates. Its not safe for people or staff to be inside. Ten branches can stay open, even in poor air conditions. Two of them the main library and the mission bay branch, are designated air Respite Centers for San Francisco. Now, over in the east bay, the oakland zoo was closed today because of the smoke. It just wasnt healthy for visitors or staff. All the animals have access to indoor spaces and vet staffers are checking on them for any possible Health Impacts the zoo might stay closed tomorrow as well if conditions do not improve. Oakland schools also had also had to make some adjustments today. Abc seven News Reporter elena howland talked with families who were affected. A thick blanket of smoke covers the bay area so thick you could hardly see San Francisco from the east bay. I think its terrible, but i didnt realize it was so bad to the point where they had to close the school, the lake school, a preschool near oaklands lake merritt, making the difficult choice to close early. We calling for the early pickup of around 40 kids, and they were only able to play for about two hours before we had to make that phone call to send them home early. This happened when the air quality index hit 150, when we have this bad air quality, we have to have everything shut down and air filters running. But when it reaches the point of red, its just like that call of do we stay inside . And you know, maybe pass illnesses or do we try to have early pickups and really just keep everyone safe . Cyrus yamin, a parent, is finding the silver lining. It threw an awesome wrench into my day because i get to have an adventure with my son prem, what are we going to do, primo . Have adventure minutes away. Childrens fairyland making a similar decision to close its gates early by one in the afternoon. Up until that point, they were offering masks to guests as they entered volunteer for summer. Cunningham said she kept her mask on the whole time. Were both really sensitive to the smell and i currently can get headaches. Its maddie here has a hard time with breathing in. Does definitely provide kids a lot of discomfort. Meanwhile the Oakland Unified School district is instituting its poor air quality day protocols. But so weve been informing our staff to, you know, keep windows closed in the classrooms to keep their air filters on high. If the air quality index reaches 151 or higher, all activities will be moved indoors. But ousd tries to avoid canceling school altogether. And so we know that if theyre at school, theyre a bit more protected, at least in certain circumstances, than they might be if they were elsewhere. So we were very hesitant to actually Cancel School in oakland. Lena howland, abc seven news in the south bay, its hard to see the skyline of san jose. Take a look at all the haze in this view. Lets take aoo at conditions in the north bay. Heres the view from our tower camera atop mt. Tam. Not too bad. Its nice to see some green, t on the hills. Yeah, reasonable. Yeah, it could be worse. It could be a lot worse. Yeah, actually. Yeah, a lot worse. Based on what we saw earlier in the day, if youre breathing in bad air, it can cause negative Health Impacts even on a short term basis. If you do it over a longer period of time, obviously that can be extremely dangerous as abc7 news special correspondent dr. Relo patel explained on our 3 p. M. Program getting answers. One thing that really concerned about is pm 2. 5 things in the air that are 2. 5 micrometers or smaller. To give you a sense of how small that is, its almost 30 times smaller than a strand of hair. So you can imagine if you were to inhale that how deep in your lungs it could go even to your bloodstream. So that can cause a lot of not only short term but also Long Term Health effects. If youre chronically exposed to it. Dr. Patel says everybody should heed the notices about not exercising outdoors because if the air gets really bad, he says, if you have to be outside , wear an n95 mask, adding that the cloth ones or maybe you see some people running around wearing bandanas, those are not going adequately protect you. You can check the air quality anytime where you live using o online interactive tracker. And this is the tl at we showed you before. It also shows where the fires are burning up along the oronoastline. You can check it out at abc7 news. Com. And we also, by the way, have put it on the home page just to make it easier for you to find and you can do that right now. Still to come tonight, autonomous flying taxis as theyre working on them in fremont. How long until this could be the future of your commute . And next, the limited time for rv dwellers in San Francisco to find a new place to park. The deadline coming up fast past. 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Today in San Francisco, more than 100 families in rvs woke up to a deadline. We have families here that they have children. They have teenage years, they have kids. And i dont know whats going to happen if they lose their place because nobody wants to see them living on a tent. William rafael and his wife have lived in this rv for a year on tuesday. San franciscos Municipal Transportation Authority board of directors voted to implement a four hour parking limit on winston drive from lake merced boulevard to buckingham way. Meaning rvs wont be able to park here long term housing in San Francisco has been almost impossible for the poor people. Its very expensive, like we have. We need to have credit score and a bunch of things to rent an apartment for living here. During this meeting, advocate and residents pushed back. Why add more people to this crisis . Manny jekuthiel, one of sfmtas board of directors, proposed to delay the parking limit for three months, giving residents and the city time to find solutions before they begin the construction of a Pedestrian Safety project. This road is dangerous as there are fire safety issues there are sewer issues, theres just theres quality of life issues. And so we need to find a place for folks to go. But we couldnt wait forever. So the parking changes are going to be happening for multiple years. Supervisor myrna melgar has been in charge of finding solutions here. Her Office Confirmed theyre looking into sites for rv residents but did not confirm if any yet. The families are so, so nervous about this because they dont know where theyre going to be able to park if they you know, theyre likely get tickets, they could lose their vehicles to tow all of these things can happen and then they end up out on the streets. In a statement, San Franciscos homelessness d Supportive HousingDepartment Said in part, we have outreach to 100 of the inhabited vehicles in the area where an active contact with 70 of these households, these 70 hous, have been enrolled in our coordinated entry system, which has anyone from the city come here offering help. I think and nobody came here from the city. And if we dont fight, we dont know what were going to do. Now, the Citys Department of homeless and Supportive Housing confirmed they have identified 20 households that are families with children and offer them long and short term housing vouchers. In the newsroom, luis pena, abc7 news. So loses the city also looking into maybe like potential safe parking sites for residents who are in these rvs, especially if they have kids. Yeah. Yes larry. Larry, according to the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing, they have assessed dozens of sites over the past two years. And they havent found one yet. Their goal is to find one on the west side of San Francisco to keep those residents in that community. And they have three months to do that. All right, luis pena, thanks so much. New details tonight on the windows that broke in downtown San Francisco during storms this past march. A report says most of the windows already had problems before the storms blew through. It adds repairs would have prevented just about all of them from shattering. The report looked at 31 windows. The department of building inspection says its going to make some changes, including requiring visual inspections of all buildings, 15 stories or taller that were built after 1998. It expects building managers to make repairs promptly and just about every window in the bay area is looking out at hayes. Yeah, its another rough one out there. Sandy yeah, and its best to keep those windows closed. Larry and lets take a look at a live picture from from our emeryville camera as we look at downtown oakland. Were going to pan around here and you can see just how bad it looks right now. Its very smoky in the area. Hard to see. Visibility is poor and thats due to the smoke from those wildfires up to our north around oregon and northwestern california. Heres whats bringing the wildfire smoke. Its this trough thats deepening. The wind is coming out of the north northwest and its just dragging that smoke down into our area. That same wind direction will bring concern later on tonight as that trough continues to drop southward. Its that northerly wind that is raising our fire danger here in the north bay mountains, lake and solano county. So 11 p. M. Tonight, that red flag warning goes up. It runs until 5 p. M. Tomorrow. We are not expecting terribly strong winds. Gusts will be up to 35 out of the north and the humidity is not going to be extremely low. Itll be in the 22 to 35 range. But around this time of year, when you get that drying wind, it is very important to stay aware as any fires that develop could quickly grow in size and intensity. And as you take a look at the hour by hour winds, 11 p. M. Tonight, 29 mile an hour winds in the mountains. Were talking about over 30 miles an hour in the wee hours of the morning. Still gusty at 11 a. M. And then the winds will begin to let up as we head towards tomorrow afternoon. Fire danger will be coming up. The highest fire danger will be in the north bay mountains where youll go into the yellow and orange, which is high to very high category. So just be aware of that. A live view from pier 39 camera. And we do have the haze and the low clouds, as you will notice, San Francisco, 63 degrees, oakland, 65. Most areas were below average. Once again, 72. In san jose, 61. 5 moon bay from our mt. Tam cam, you are seeing the combination of the clouds and the haze out there. Upper 60s novato, santa rosa, 66 in napa. Its pretty mild in fairfield right now. 71. Concord, 68. In livermore, 70 degrees. Oakland airport camera. Were showing you another kind of murky view right now. Hazy skies and spare the air through tomorrow. Gusty in the hills. Higher fire danger late tonight and fall arrives on friday and just in time for that first weekend of fall, well have better air quality for the weekend and hazy conditions. First thing in the morning, your temperatures will begin in the 50s. There will be some areas of low clouds similar to this morning. And then tomorrow afternoon, were going to hang on to some of that smoke. Low 80s in our inland valleys, mid 60s coast side. Its going to be breezy. And these temperatures once again falling behind where they should be for this time of year. As we check out the accuweather seven day forecast, not a lot of change in terms of the temperatures fall begins at 1150 friday night and as we head into that first weekend notice those temperatures in the low 60s to low 80s below average for september. But the air quality begins to improve on friday and it gets a lot better over the weekend as the wind comes off the ocean and picks up that sea breeze. Now early next week, this would be the first rain of our season. It looks like we could be getting some wet weather here in the bay area beginning monday night and continuing into early tuesday. So i know it sounds crazy. Its a little early. Unofficially, we get rain here around halloween, but im larry, were basically expecting the possibility a little bit earlier. Well take what we can get. Yeah, absolutely. Thatll help to clean out the air a little more. Thank you, sandy. Well, stocks were down today as the Federal Reserve decided not to increase interest rates. But there are some hints that one more hike might come before the year ends. The dow lost nearly 77 points. The nasdaq took a significant loss of more than 200 points, or 1. 5 of its overall