4,000 in debt i am right now. Reporter carrie rojas fears the worst right now. Her family went debt when her husband went her husband lost his job. It would provide rent protection for people like carrie. Im scared theyre going to evict me, and i have a 16yearold daughter and my husband and my husbands mom, we all live here. Ab 30le 8 would restrict evictions as long as renters play 25 of their rent through january 2021. It would also ban evictions for unpaid rent between march and august. Some say thats not good enough. Struggling renters shouldnt have to pay anything. I keep going back to the idea the government itself told people to stop working. Youve got give and foreclosing for not being able to pay the bills. Reporter on facebook, many sounded off. One landlord said im ready to sell my problem. Other saying my house will be a foreclosure and the tenants will be evicted anyway. Laura mckinny believes people need to pay more than 25 . Ive been through hell this past six months, and ive managed to pay my rent. Reporter the bill doesnt do away with foreclosures and doesnt offer mortgage forbearance. Rojas believes all of that is needed in as much help as possible for families like hers. They should give us a break. At least everybody can go back to work. Reporter now some of the eviction protections were set to expire tomorrow. So this keeps those protections in place if the governor signs it, which he says he will do. Now i did talk to at least four landlords who fear that we may start seeing foreclosures earlier because of this measure. Jr stone, abc7 news. Okay, jr, thank you. Developing news. Containment is increasing in the three big fires burning in california. The scu lightning complex in parts of the east and south bay is 65 contained now. More than 387,000 acres have burned. Alameda county is no longer under evacuation orders. The lnu lightning complex in the north bay is 66 contained. More than 375,000 acres have burned there. Some evacuation orders were reduced to warnings today in napa county. And the czu lightning complex in parts of the peninsula and santa cruz is 41 contained. About 85,000 acres have burned. Cal fire says the priority is getting people back into their. First,hehao mak ews focused on cg out daes so they d. Cal fire reminds homeowners to agined, all of the smoke from those fires making it pretty tough to breathe in some parts of the bay area. Abc7 news was in novato earlier where the index was in the unhealthy range. Meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking the smoky air. And sandhya, yet another spare the air alert for tomorrow. Unfortunately, dion. It was bad air quality today and tomorrow were expecting more of the same, except there will be a change later on in the day. Let me show you the smoky sunset from our emeryville camera. You can see the reddish hues surrounding the sun. Barely visible because of all the smoke along with the fog. Here your current air quality conditions. Ukiah has slight improvement. You will notice santa rosa is good. Most other parts of the bay area in the yellow, which is moderate air quality. Heading down towards the santa cruz area, it is green. Now here is part of the problem. The winds havent been strong. Its pretty much calm or less than 10 miles per hour. The smoke is just settling into our region. Air quality tomorrow will be poor for the entire bay area. So spare the air continues. Ill let you know when that improvement is coming and how long. Dan . Sandhya, thanks very much. The rush is on to restore usable water after the czu complex fire melted miles of pipeline. It happened in parts of the san lorenzo valley in an area surrounding a stretch of highway 9. The cities include brookdale, felton and amanda del castillo has a look at the problems. Seven miles of pipeline destroyed by fire. Before the czu lightning complex tore through the santa cruz mountains, the pipeline connected surface water sources to the san lorenzo valley treatmt plant. Rogers says the infrastructure was instilled above ground. We didnt know the complexity of high density polyethylene and fire. They found there was a lot of Water Quality contamination from that melting plastic that. Led the district to issue a do not drink, do not boil areas north of brookdale. Similar restrictions were put in place after the same material melted in the tubbs fire and a cancercausing chemical was found in the water supply. Back in the mountains, the Santa Cruz Sheriffs Office is warning you cant drink the water. You cant brush your teeth wit. Reporter rogers home sits in the red zone highlighted by this map. Whatever is going on, who engineered that product and decided not to bury it, not a good idea, obviously. Because were all hurt from it. Reporter the Water District is now looking at the possibility of burying new pipelines. Its just going to take some time. It will be about a threeyear process to get back to where we were. Reporter roger says not only are pipelines damaged but storage tanks too. Emergency contractors are working to restore the 4. 5 million gallons of water lost, 50 of the districts water supply. Residents remain unsure about what this means for their return home. If they hold us back because of the water, then there is going to be problems. Reporter in the south bay, im amanda del castillo, abc7 news. Now our goal at abc7 is to build a better bay area through the covid19 pandemic and beyond by focusing on five key areas. And a crucial one is your health. People need to get their haircut. Were going to look like werewolves. The wait is over in seven bay area counties for hair salons and barbershops as they can start giving customers that much needed trim inside. Marin, sonoma, napa, solano, contra costa, san mateo and santa clara counties all gave these businesses the green light on monday. One owner in santa rosa compared the wait to being in a boxing match. This is like being down in the last round, and just using all of your strength to get up off the canvas and fight another round. Alameda county is still requiring hair salons and barbershops do their cutting outside. London breed is expected to make an announcement on tuesday about her citys reopening plans. Still trying to make sense of it, because none of it does. Good for any business that is allowed to open, whether theyre allowed to open partially or to no limitations, as long as theyre operating with masks and whatever. Reporter malls like west valley fair are no longer limited to curbside pickup. They can now have customers inside. But there is a catch. Theyre allowed to reopen at 25 of their capacity, and the common areas have to stay closed. Under state guidelines, the mall could reopen in san francisco, but the city has chosen to limit them to curbside pickup. Now when it comes to wine country, wineries in napa and Sonoma County are allowed to be open, but they can only serve outdoors with modifications. The new color coded system for reopening can be pretty confusing, so were here to help. Weve put together a tracker for each and every county in california so you can see how it rates, along with an explanation of exactly whats allowed and whats not allowed to open. You can find it at abc7news. Com. New details tonight on californias gig economy law, thats ab5. Late today the legislature exempted dozens of additional professions. The chronicle reports that musicians, translators, writers, web designer, and photographers are among them. Ab5 says workers can only be independent contractors if they meet certain conditions. It was designed to target Ride Share Companies like lyft and uber. It was created and has created controversy among freelancers who say it can jeopardize their careers. Todays legislation was seen as a way to try to clean up what many believe was a flawed law. In santa clara county, an alleged bribery scheme that has rocked the Sheriffs Office today took a surprising turn. One of the departments pleaded guilty to concealing a plan involving sheriff laurie smiths bid for reelection in 2018. Christian west is the former ceo of Security Firm as solution. He admitted his company would pay 90,000 to a Committee Supporting smiths campaign in exchange for at least a dozen concealed carry permits. This is an effort on our office to make sure that the publics business is conducted ethically and appropriately. Under the plea deal, felony charges against west will be reduced to misdemeanors if he cooperates with the investigation. A grand jury indicted four others, including the sheriffs captain Jamison Jenson earlier this month. Chadwick boseman died of colon cancer at 43. The trend doctors are seeing with the disease and words of caution for young adults. A law born from the rubble of the 9 11 attack could be the release of the coronavirus vaccine. How bush era actions are helping boost our nations coronavirus efforts. Protesters say theyll gather tomorrow at an East Bay Park because of a tree. Why they say it is worth fighting for. All thats ahead. But first, here is a look at whats coming up live on Jimmy Kimmel Live after abc7 news at 11 00. You came to the right place. When you invited me for the first time to the barn, you were yeah, come out to the barn. You can stay in the barn. Stay in the what . Something great from mr. Clean. Stop struggling to clean tough messes with sprays. Try clean freak it has three times the cleaning power of the leading spray to dissolve kitchen grease on contact. 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Reporter fremont resident joe perry is 44. He has been fighting Colorectal Cancer for three years. It metastasized into my liver. Thats where it is now. Reporter like boseman, perry, an Award Winning photojournalist has been working most of his treatment. In recent years the disease is affecting young people at much higher rates and people of color seem to be at risk with much higher outcomes. We have dozens of people under the age of 35 with colon cancer. Reporter dr. Allen vinook treats men and women as young as 20 with no risk factors. Weve got marathoner, youve got a triathlete, even though its decreasing in the older population, it appears to be increasing in the younger population. And this is not good news. Reporter how are you and other colon cancer experts responding to bosemans death . Are you going to change your approach in any way now that youve kind of got everyones attention . Younger peoples with symptoms, like bowel symptoms, diarrhea or blood in their stool may be at greater risk for colon cancer than they thought. More importantly, the physicians, the primary care doctors need to think of getting it earlier than they normally would. Reporter because of the pandemic people are delaying their cancer screens which doctors fear could lead to a spike in colon cancer. Perry was diagnosed in 2017 after he visited his doctor to order a colonoscopy. I definitely think advocate. If you feel like there is something wrong, you should get it looked like. I might be stage 4, but im stage never giving up. Thats where aim at right now. Kate larsen, abc7 news. In the race to discover a covid19 vaccine, the fda chief says he is considering approving a vaccine before its actually completed, normal clinical trials. It would not be the first time the government used special Emergency Powers during a crisis. The tragic attacks of september 11th may seem to have little in common with the covid19 crisis, but 9 11 and the mysterious anthrax attacks that followed triggered a wave of emergency laws that wield Critical Power today. There was considerable concern in the Bush Administration that we would be attacked again. Reporter retired rear admiral ken bernard headed up a special white house bioterrorism team. Their mission the bioshield act of 2004. Among their first priority, create a stockpile of vaccines as quickly as possible. Of course it sped things up. Reporter first, federal dollars poored into a market fund for vaccine development. Pharmaceutical companies were ultimately granted protection from most liability, and the secretary of health and human services, along with the fda were given special authority to speed the release of promising drugs and vaccines. The emergency use authorization gave the government the ability to declare a Public Health emergency or a need for that product that was more important than the full license process. C reporter flashing forward, that authority is the legal driver for much of the federal governments covid19 response. The federal funding system kick started a race future a Covid Vaccine thats proceeding at an unprecedented pace. Golden gate professor Kathleen Morris says its also empowered federal agencies. Congress delegates Broad Authority to a federal executive agency to solve a highly specialized problem. Reporter but the Trump Administration has wielded other bioshield powers early and often with some mixed results. An emergency use authorization for the drug hydroxychloroquine touted by the president was ultimately reversed while another for the use of convalescent blood plasma was ultimately approved after a back and forth over the data. Now the fast track of a vaccine possibly before the november election. While the bioshield laws do provide emergency power, professor morris says oversight responsibility ultimately rests with congress. If anybody acts in bad Faith Congress will step in and do something about it. Reporter admiral bernard says he is proud what bioshield accomplished. He is also hopeful that the checks and balances in place will ensure its used responsibly in the weeks and months ahead. Scientists everywhere who are reaching out and trying to give counterarguments when they think that the National Leadership has got offline, especially on the science. Reporter protecting a powerful law that may be needed to protect america again in the future. It could be. Earlier this month, President Trump said he was optimistic a vaccine might be ready around the time of the election. Be new a recent tweet, he accused regulators of doing the opposite and dragging their heels to delay a vaccine or drug treatment until after the election. New details tonight about a chicken plant in the Central Valley facing a new order to shut down after becoming the site of one of the largest covid19 outbreaks in california. The facility in livingston in Merced County is ordered to shut down tomorrow for six days for deep cleaning and coronavirus testing. At least 358 employee theres have tested positive, and 8 employees died from the virus. The United Farm Workers Union says foster farms did not comply with earlier orders to close. The union is threatening to boycott the company. In the east bay, a protest is planned for tomorrow morning over the removal of an old tree from a pleasanton park. The city says the eucalyptus at lions wayside park has an incurrable sulfur fungus and needs to go because its a safety hazard. Its not clear how long the tree has been in the park, but some people say it dates back to the 1880s. Residents plan on showing up at the park between 6 00 a. M. And 7 00 a. M. Now your accuweather forecast with sandhya patel. Good evening, everyone. Lets take a look at a satellite picture from earlier today. Take a look at all that smoke coming in from the wildfires to our north, to our east. Were also seeing smoke from the y ar res. You combine that with the fog, and it was just a very hazy day. I do have some good news for you. Here is a look at the smoke forecast. Tomorrow morning, not so great. Still smoke settling in across the region. But watch what happens as the breeze picks up. Tomorrow evening, the air quality will begin to improve as we head into wednesday. It certainly looks like we will see some better air quality, even though its not going to be perfect. Its better than what we experienced today. So thats just a look at whats to come. Tomorrows air quality will be poor. So a spare the air alert remains up due to the smoke from the wildfires. Wednesday we go to yellow, with moderate air quality you see on your right. Now conditions for the firefighters. Looking good tonight. Light winds near the lnu lightning complex fire. 63 degrees. Relative humidity is up there at 75 degrees right now. 49 humidity. Winds are light near the hennessey fire. As we take a look at the woodward fire, it is really just misty and drizzly. South wind 10 to 12, cool 52 degrees. And one last stop, czu lightning complex also cool with the humidity up into the 72 range. Very light winds. So hopefully those containment numbers continue to increase on the fire lines. Live doppler 7 showing the fog along the coast. Its uhugging the coastline tonight. Temperatures from the 50s to the 60s across the region. A few 70s up to our north from our exploratorium camera. We have the fog in. The marine layer is healthy around 1400, 1500 deep. Here is a look at what you can expect. Smoke, fog and patchy morning drizzle. Poor air quality again tomorrow. And heating up again for labor day. So weve had a nice break. Todays temperatures were from 3 to 8 degrees below average for this time of year. Tomorrow morning, starting you off with the patchy drizzle along the coastline at 5 00 a. M. 8 00 a. M. As well. If you are communicating, watch out. The smoke along with the fog and the drizzle could make for some tough conditions on the roadways, especially with reduced vibity. S hazy sunshine. Morning temperatures will be in the 50s, 60s. Afternoon highs anywhere from the mid 60s to the low 90s. It will be a hazy day, but the biggest difference is the breeze is going the come up. And as the wind kicks up, i think its going to mix out some of that smoke for later in the day. Your accuweather sevenday forecast for tomorrow. Not expecting a spare the air for wednesday. A little cooler. And hopefully better air quality. At least thats what the models are showing. Going into thursday, a steady pattern. And then for the labor day weekend, the heat is on saturday, sunday and monday. Were talking about tripledigits inland. Mid 60s to the low 70s along the coast. Dan and dion . All right. At least a small reprieve. Sandhya, thanks. Well, there is no rescue too small on the front lines of a wildfire. How firefighters went above and beyond to save these pigs from the flames. Luke combs and carly pearce are live from the right now, we could all use some comforting words, so here it goes melty, melty, tasty, grilly, juicy, sizzle. Mmm, that should feel better. The sourdough patty melt is back. Make it a combo meal for just 5. 99. Melty, melty. You know limu,g after all these years make it a combo meal for just 5. 99. Its the ones that got away that haunt me the most. [ squawks ] cause youre not like everybody else. Thats why Liberty Mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. What . Oh, i said. Uh, this is my floor. 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