Much he is. To the south bay we go. More of the same. This is video shot this afternoon in san jose. It looked like heavy winter fog. But this is just more smoke wafting into the bay area. And this is the problem. Take a look at the satellite images from the National Oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa. Well have more on the fires in just a moment. First lets head straight to Spencer Christian for a look at conditions and why today looks so different. The sky looked eerier yesterday. Take a look at the water vapor satellite image. You can see smoke not only moving through but the circulation to our north is pulling smoke from the oregon fires. Well show you how it is pulling directly down. Yesterday the smoke was locked above us in a higher level of the atmosphere. Today it is right down at the surface level. Mixing in, making our air dirtier and posing a greater threat to our health. As you can see, it is indicating poor to very poor air quality. The central part of the bay area around the shoreline. You have to go down to the south bay and the Santa Cruz Mountains to find just moderate air quality. And tomorrow will be another spare the air day. Our 25th consecutive one. We might get improvement but that is on whether or not the containment of smoke from wildfires. A closer look at that. That eerie orange glow is gone but our air quality has taken a hit. Chris has a look at what the smoke is doing to your health. The bay area isnt lucas scary but that doesnt mean were in the cool. Our air quality impacted once again because of the ongoing wildfires around Northern California. You breathe it in. It goes through your nose and it can get into your blood stream. With the center for allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University is part of a team conducting ref on the immune system to understand the effects of wildfire smoke. Long term exposure to air pollution increases your risk of cardiac disease, your risk of strokes, your risk of asthma, and also, it reduces your Life Expectancy so you have increased mortality. Yesterday the martin layer or fog was so thick, it suspended the wildfire smoke over the bay area. That smoke layer, all 9,000 feet of it, was stuck and the tiny particles that contribute to poor air quality couldnt get through. Today the marine layer is dirty. It has been polluted by the smoke and the winds have shifted. And our weakened marine layer can no longer hold back all those tiny air qualities that are so dangerous. It is a much rarminger area in a longer time. It takes the atmosphere a much longer time to flush out this mass of pollution compared to the normal situation with industrial. Dr. Frank freedman from the San Jose State University says our senses can be deceiving. Eif you cant smell the smoke, it doesnt mean the air quality is good. Make sure you keep the indoor environment as good as possible. The indoor environment is the one area, one place that humans have control over. And as exhausting as it may be, a reminder to not let your guard down. Abc7 news. Uc davis study on the effects of wildfire smoke on the effects of pregnant women is finding the negative impact may not be limited to the body but extend to the mind. Laura anthony has our story. As smoky skies become not just an anomaly but an unfortunate reality in the bay area and beyond, the uc davis researchers found whats in the air isnt just physically harmful but also, psychologically. Especially for pregnant women. We have definitely seen some short term symptoms. The uc Davis Public Health researchers launched their study in the wake of the north bay fires and then expanded upon it. Most are respiratory symptoms like coughing, itchy irritated eyes, sore throat, things that you kind of expect. But then on top of that were finding very prevalent mothers having stress and anxiety that lasts for a really long period of time. Some of that stress extending into 2020 when disastrous fires have become a devastating new normal. With the smoke generated by them traveling hundreds of miles. Blanketing whole communities. Those small particles go straight to your blood stream. He is a director with the air quality district which declared the 24 straight spare the air day. Thanks to smoke coming from not dis and rs. And brush butur in urban fires, structural fires, you have a witchs brew of plastic and sheet rock and all kinds of stuff that produces soot that is really toxic. Reporter the bottom line, unless theyre n95s, these masks were wearing for covid arent much good in the smoke. The best advice, stay inside. In walnut creek, laura anthony. Abc7 news. Cal fires resources are being stretched again as more fires burn on the west coast. The creek fire in fresno and ma daro counties is still 0 contained. 60 hole have been destroyed. Here in the bay area, some of the complexes are almost fully couldnt tand. The scu is at 97 , the lnu is 94 contained and the czu complex, 84 containment. To the north complex, it has destroyed more than 2,000 structures. The most active portion is the bear fire. At least three people have been killed. Some of the town of oroville is under mandatory Evacuation Orders. An Evacuation Order or warning for the town of paradise has been lifted but Officials Say residents need to be vigilant. A beloved camp for children with cancer has burned. They said it sustained significant damage. Virtual fall family camps will go on as planned. In a statement them, there is nothing we can possibly say except that okizu is a family and it is the people who matter most. We each carry it within us and that is something no fire can destroy. This is really sad. Theyve double great work for years. You can follow latest details on fires across california with our exclusive wildfire tracker, always updated with the latest containment info from cal fire. The abc7 fire tracker, available now at abc7news. Com as well as the abc7 news app. Pg e has restored power to cotishoftwo ctomers in and napa Sonoma County alone. Wayne freedman went to ask for an unofficial report card. Reporter heres the good news. The refrigerator is full. But we lost everything. One of many residents who were relieved to see power restored at noon yesterday after 31 hours. But when we heard from others like her the day before, they were not so happy. How could a company get away with this . Thats a typical complaint from customers who lost power and traffic lights and gas stations. All to prevent pg e power lines from sparking a wildfire in high winds. The company is quite sensitive to complaints by now. We definitely have a goal of making these events smaller and shorter and with fewer customers. Onethird fewer smerds impacted. They absolutely did better. Ce outage. How about a grade . Maybe a b, a b minus, certainly better than what they did before. Probably a c minus. While pg e sent warnings and notifications, ruthie considers their website to be confusing. It would have been nice to know where the power was actually out. Well, they gave you a map. Have you read the maa, the . And her husband who speaks with a medical device. Why in the middle of the night . Why wouldnt it be at 6 00 or 7 00 if the morning if its planned . This is all weatheriv. In short, try as it might, pg e still faces some challenges in dealing with customers. There is no excuse. Its been mismanaged for decades. From Sonoma County, abc7 news. Back in business. The plea from bay area businesses to get back to work. Covid and your commute. The future of transit in the bay area. Plus, pain relief why. My psoriasis. Cosentyx works on all of this. Of Psoriatic Arthritis to help you look and feel better. 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Time magazines new cover is a stark reminder of how tragic the coronavirus has been and still is. It calls the u. S. Response a failure. It is made you have dates and death counts. Most of the page with the number 200,000. The number of deaths the u. S. Is approaching. A grm of stanford medical experts taking aim at a former colleague added to the white house Response Task forceful 78 doctors and researchers released a letter saying they have a moral and ethical responsibility to push back against dr. Scottascott ate atlas who is not an epidemiologist. They say he has advised the white house to embrace herd immunity. A report he has denied. He served at stanford chief of radiology until 2012. The doctor says when it comes the reopening businesses and schools, the state will continue to move in a slow and stringent manner. In the bay area, many Business Owners are asking their counties to pick it up. Lets move a little faster here. You know, dr. Galley understands the pressure thatle of these businesses are under. But he says he has to stay focused on getting those rates down now as the big holidays, including halloween, are fast t menus and stuff like that. Reporter he shows us the precautionary measures he he takes when dealing with clients. He helps run the Family Business called tacos and beer. I see it as slow. We have a lot of staff that they depend on us to feed their families. Reporter he assured us the restaurant is ready to move to indoor dining. Withal banny in Alameda County is the still in the purple tier. The state has said to move to the next tier, red, the company would have to lower their rates to fewer than seven new cases per day per 100,000 residents. And to have a Positivity Rate at 8 or below. Alameda county is nearly there. Registering around seven new cases a day and a Positivity Rate of 5 . Even with these state guidelines, today the secretary of health and Human Services reminded everyone it is up to the alameda Public Health department to determine when and how to reopen. Well see the fruits of. As we open the full months that we continue to see transmission rates drop. Dr. Galley also said the state is working with counties to support School Districts and their reopening machine. The state prioritizes getting students back but really only when our communities and all of those involved believe that the timing is right. On the issue of halloween and other holidays, the doctor announced the state will recommend good guidance practices for counties. Halloween, certainly, the way weve trick or treated in the past is not going to be the way that it is done this year. It may in fact be the safest thing not to do at this time way weve double in the past or at all. And the same applies tomajor thanksgiving, hannukkah, christmas, new years. All of those bring Families Together and it is those gatherings that eventually create the spikes, right . That weve seen in the number of covid19 cases. Hes basically saying, lets take a sensible approach during the holidays. We know the viruses are going downful are they going down fast enough . I would say dramatically since mid june. Remember the spike after the fourth of july . Deaths are down, also down by 65 . The latino and black communities continue to be affected disproportionately. Now one thing that the state is doing with regard to the people being evacuated, more than 5,000 people have been placed in individual rooms in hotels to avoid the spread of covid19. Thank you. Well, members of 24hour fitness returned to the gym today in san jose. On tuesday the state cheered the way for Fitness Centers to operate indoors at 10 capacity. They are limiting the hours for now and reservations for 90minute sessions are required, as are masks and social distancing. Were just getting word that San Francisco is entering the ne of reopening on monday. That means things like hair salons and nail salons will be able to open for Indoor Service and indoor gyms will reopen. Well have much more coming out later today. It will still be a while before we can dine out. Officials say theyre still evaluating more high risk activities like dining indoors and going to movie theaters. A shot in the arm for the Oakland Unified School district Food Distribution program. The congresswoman barbara lee greeted families and handed out food today. One of the districts 22 grab and go distribution sites. Lees visit comes days after the federal government granted oakland unified a waiver allowing any parent to take part in the program. All children deserve to have a meal, to be able to eat. Thd t hunger in chi hungry. No child should be without food. The district is taking steps. It has been offer a Pilot Program and hopes to expand it in the months ahead. Lets get to the weather. Were looking for positives. Here it is. It is not orange outside today. Thats true. Thats true. However, you think that means it is better but it is not. Exactly. Thats a small positive compared to a large he negative. The smoking, dirty, nasty air above us yesterday is now down at the surface. Our air quality has diminished, even though the sky conditions look more normal. You can see that weve got this lowpressure system centered to our north. Not only pulling smoke from Northern California fires into the bay area, as has been the pattern for a while, but now the smoke from the oregon fires is moving into our region and is mixing in with the marine layer. So we have more unhealthful air today than yesterday. This is view from emeryville. 64 in San Francisco, oakland, 68, 66, mountain view. 59 in half moon bay. And this is how it the east bay hills. Lets look at the temperatures, 67 in santa rosa, napa, 66, 69 at livermore, and looking back toward down San Francisco from the more or theup camera, we have a dirty foggy view. Poor air quality will be with us tomorrow. Tomorrow will be another spare the air all reon othearea. It will be our 25th spare the air day. It will depend largely on how much smoke is flowing in our direction and the way the upper level winds are blowing. So i can give you a look at our forecast animation showing the surge across the bay. Commuters play to contend with a few slippery spots. There could be some patchy drizzle. Otherwise, well see the marine layer pulling back to the coastline and away from it at some point tomorrow. That will give us another hazy day. Overnight well have a hazy night with low temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. Perhaps around 60 in some of the milder inland locations. And tomorrow it will be below the seasonal average because of the smoke the so upper 60s near bay. Well have a weak warmup on saturday. It will cool back down on sunday and monday. Were hoping for cleaner air. And then mild weather with we hope improving air quality. I was trying to be positive. It is a scam you may have seen. They send you a text and then what . What to long out for. Pl dear california. We know these are challenging times. Rest assured, you are not alone. Weve all had to adapt. And with summer here, your energy bills might go up with rising temperatures. Together, we can save energy and money. Yourtry closing your shades upduring the day. Eratures. Setting your ac to 78 or higher. Or cooling off with a fan when you can. United we are always stronger. Stay well, california, and keep it golden. And geico loves helping riders get to where theyre going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. And because were committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. The geico giveback. Helping riders focus on the road ahead. Today a look at the consumer headlines. This is really an important one. Were talking about some major money in peoples pockets. If you havent received your stimulus payment yet, time is running out. Let me explain. Eligible americans only have until october 15th to make a claim. The Internal Revenue service announce that had they are sending letters to the 9 million americans who do not have to file taxes but have not received theirares act onommpac payment. The letters are expected to go out on september 24th. If they do not act, not only will they not receive the money but they will receive the stimulus a credit on their 2020 tax return. Of course, that would be in 2021. A warning today about the fake you have a package texts. They say the recipient needs to update delivery preferences or gives them a link to track the nonexistent package. This sets up to set up personal private information for the scammers. You are told not to respond and to not click on any links from any unknown sender. E deep over has decided to remodel the traditional idea of black friday. This fall, home deepo plans to have in it two months beginning in early november and continuing through december. They say they want to reduce stress for shoppers who typically rush to storesov wasl pandemic. So well see how many other stores do this. Were seeing some interesting moves here, about them not opening early. Some of them are closing earlier than before. And now theyre saying theyre doing away with it. So black friday will be an interesting one this year. No doubt. Unlike any other. Thanks so much. Mcdonalds is testing reusable coffee mugs. When a person finishes their coffee or tea, theyll return to it a mcdonalds or a special dropoff point. They will rewash the mugs and then reuse they will. Customers will have to use a deposit for the mug but they get the money back when they return the mug. The program isnt mandatory. It is not the First Company to do this. Last year the stiff berkeley partnered with vessel, reusable to go cup service. Showily getting back to normal. Normal. B. A. R. T. California phones offers free specialized phones. Like cordless phones, phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced phones. Get details on this state program. Call or visit and accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. Like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. phone ringing get details on this state program call or visit bay area workers are all facing new job realities with safety protocols and working from hole. And were looking at our changing work place and highlighting ways people are making it work. One of the big changes weve seen related to covid is transit. Less traffic, fewer buses and trains running. Joining me now, the cofounder of seamless bay area, a nonprofit hook to improve bay area transportation. All right, we know Public Transit has suffered because of the coronavirus. Ridership is way down. What are some of the other biggest impacts . Yeah. Thanks for having me. Because ridership is way down, that has created a fiscal crisis for a lot of our transit agencies. Particularly those agencies that were most relightning possible fair revenue and sales tax, particularly. Which is agencies such as b. A. R. T. Encountering, to name two, are very relightning on those sources. So they got a little release most are facing a fiscal cliff where they wont have enough operations funding to even run the service theyre running now, past say december of this year. So there could be Major Service cuts in store. Obviously, another challenge is safety. That theyre grappling with, in terms of how to keep riders and workers safe. The drivers and station agents. Theyve come together and put out a health and safety man to try to establish some uniformity across the bay area, in terms of expectations around Wearing Masks and cleaning of vehicles. But theres still a number of riders who express that they dont feel safe on transit. So theres more work to be done in that area to community what the agencies are doing to reassure riders that theyre riding transit is safe. I want to follow up on the safety issue. Before the concern was, you might be aville of some kind of a crime. And now you have the virus. How do you convince people that it is safe . Well, first, looking at the science and doing the actions that make it safe, there has been quite a lot of progress around looking at how improving t safer. Jectionly cleaning is one the more visible things that theyve been doing a lot of, and promoting a lot of, and increasing the frequency with which theyre cleaning vehicles. But a really important part as you implied is communications. How do we communicate, how do these agencies communicate to the public what theyre doing and create really simple easy to understand messaging . Thats something that is still a work in progress. I think b. A. R. T. Is doing an interesting strategy, where theyre hosting how full the train cars are on average to try to give riders a better sense of wh avoid crowding. So you c g train that you might be getting on how full that train might have been in the past week. And you might be able to select a time of day that might be better to travel in if youre concerned about encountering crowds. I would say the biggest thing is mask wearing. Sorry. I was going to say, Wearing Masks is something with the biggest concern, if they enter a bus or a train where not everyone is wearing a mask. Thats the thing that makes they will feel least safe. So theres bern a concern to make it well known that riders are expected to wear mask whens they get on vehicles. All right. Before we go. I have to say, i love the transportation guy having the bicycle over his shoulder. I home no one is holding it there during the length of the interview. No. Thats my storage spot. Ive been using it a lot lately. All right. Thank you. Thank you for your time. All week long, we are talking about our changing work place and coming up at 6 00, fall traffic changes. Are we seeing a difference this year . Well be right back. Thats right. B. A. R. T. Ridership has been picking up so the Transit Agency is adding more trains. On select lines, trains will run more frequently during peak commute hours. They say this is the largest increase since the pandemic hit. Service hours will remain the same. Some of the cars date back to the system opening in 1972. They man to reach out to rail museums, the art community, local sports teams and schools. There are endless ideas what can be done with retired cars. They can become restaurants or coffee shops. How great would it be to have a b. A. R. T. Cafe at the plaza of one of our colleges. I would love that. Proposals must be cost neutral to b. A. R. T. So whoever buys they will would have to pay thousands in fees and insurance. The best of the best when it comes to nostalgic toys. Whic for people with Heart Failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. Entresto helped people stay alive and out of the hospital. Dont take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Iyoveioemacause harm e fearanoede,bld nern baby. Oble, or hig all right. Time now for the four at 4 00. Bh retnnfls02 r kicking off tig chie th intesting part. This will be one of the few convenient use so far that will accommodate fans in week one with 22 of normal xas. So theyre going to space people out. No fans will be allowed on sunday. Interesting. The nfl has been the benefit of scheduling with respect to the virus and now theyve created mini bubbles for each team. So theyll try to reintroduce fans. I would not want to attend as a fan. I would rather wait and see how things progress. I would give them high marks for doing as much as they could to keep everyone healthy so they could at least start the season and see how this turns out. Yeah. A grand experiment weve got going on. How about you with football . I just wonder, how many fantasy leagues is your husband playing this year . I was going to start off serious by saying, they are doing a good job. He went to 49ers today, and they make sure they all get checked and they cant go in until theyve had their temperature taken. I was going to say, football has been in our household for a while. The fantasy team is set. All i hear is the fantasy podcast. His friend who just had a newborn. He said to my husband, how does he have time with a newborn to be talking football this much . Even my husband said, i have no idea. Hed better talk to his wife about that. The giants are on a hot streak. Theyre saying goodbye to the panda. Pablo sandoval wase thewi seris signed. He posted a statement writing, my teammates, coastals and the best fans. Youve been everything i could have dreamed of and more. It has been an honor and a privilege to play with you. Ill bet your kids have panda hats at home right now. I know, i can. This is so sad. We so wanted to it work out with hunter pence and pablo sandoval. Do you remember that game, mad bum, it was caught, pablda falls to the ground, world series, game 7. Those iconic images. Baltimore a good reenactment . I dont know. He will always be a giant. He had a lot of struggles, his wife suffered with covid. Come on. The man will always be a legend and we wish him nothing but the very best. The irony, i was going to say, because the giants are doing well. Theyre in the wild card running. They had to make a move with 16 games left. They want to get another player who can help them offensively. Sure. You understand the business move. Although hes a sentimental favorite of fans. As you would say, aloha panda. Yes. All right. Its the last straw for starbucks. The seattle based coffee giant will officially abandon its green straws later this month in favor of a newer modified lid which has a drinking spout. Starbucks said the new covers contain 10 less plastic than its previous flat lid and straw combo. It is made of a material that is recycleable. Plastic straws are already banned in several california cities including San Francisco. Ama, do you think you can get used to that . Yeah. Why buy a lot of coffee to begin with, ill be honest. But straws are a problem so we need to do anything we can, i think, to try to fix that. I think ive tried it before. I dont know where. But it doesnt take a lot to get used to it. I agree. In fact, i dont even use a draw anyhow. I normally take the lid off and sip the coffee so im fine with it. Spencer is hard core. I drink coffee like a real man. I think it sounds like it makes sense although i dont do it. People suggest drinking it with a straw even if it is warm because then you dont stain your teeth as much. And the acidity of it maybe . Yeah. There we go. Learn something new every day. Toy lovers get excited for this. The National Toy Hall of fame has announced the 12 finalists. Baby nancy, bingo, briar horses, jen dwmpb a, lite bright, my little possibliy, risk, sidewalk chalk, sorry, attempt gotchy yahtzee. They will choose three submissions and three will be chosen by you the fans. Vote wednesday at toy hall of fame. Org. They will be announced november 5th. So based on personal experience, which toys do you think should be on that list . We actually dont have any of those. I loved my little pony. Those were the best. And i forgot about lite bright. Didnt they have that great jingle . There was something that was really catchy about that. I thought jenga was a lot of fun. What do you think, spencer . Youre talking to the wrong guy. I dont know any of those toys. Jenga . They all sound good to me. Put them all in. Spencer has said sorry so many times. Thats a game he plays every day. All i can say about this is, if my little pony is not on that list, im launching a oneman protest. That has to be on. Thats my toy. My little pony. Wow who knew . If youre hungry and you want a great deal, the 6. 99 super slam is your perfect meal, its buttermilk pancakes, eggs, sausage, bacon and hash browns. Its enough breakfast for dinner and its as good as it sounds. See you at dennys. But as californians well get through this together. If your income has been reduced or youve lost your job or your Health Insurance, covered california is here. We can help you find the Health Insurance you need to protect you and your loved ones. And, you may even get financial help to pay for your Health Insurance. So, if you or someone you know is without coverage, visit coveredca. Com to learn more or enroll today. So, if you or someone you know is without coverage, we know these are challenging times. Rest assured, you are not alone. And with summer here,goou know is without coverage, er, can sese are nghe. Renging times. Setting your ac to 78 or higher. Or cooling off with a fan when you can. United we are always stronger. Stay well, california, and keep it golden. If you suffer from join pain, a new study out of stanford could hold the possibility of relief. And a time in the future where doctors kind of tune up our joints logical the way we service our cars. For millions of americans, worn down joints are simply a painful fact of life. But instead of surgery, what if they could be rejuvenated . A little more like a jiffy lube. Like an oil change. The doctor and his team at stanford believe theyve isolated a technique that could potentially rejuvenate joints. The target is the shiny surface known as articulate cartilage. When it is damaged, bone can rub on bone triggering severe painful one of the few options has been known as micro fracture which triggers scarring. They do the small drill holes and say, whatever cell comes up, in the bleeding, then each step we take will become a scar cartilage. While it does get many patients back on the road again, it lacks the cushion and durability of natural cartilage. But in a critical discovery, stanford scientists found that stem cells in bone have the ability to grow three different materials including bone, scar cartilage and natural cartilage. All we had to do was to compare these different processes and figure out how to shut down the bone and the process and then the stem cells mix it and exclusively. He says the answer was addition by subtraction. Using the micro fracture technique in mice, the Stanford Team introduced a drug cald infuse which stimulates bone growth. Then they mixed in another agent, similar to the cancer drug which blocked part of bone making process. The rule, the stem cells created natural cartilage instead. So im pretty fired up about it for obvious reasons. He says all the drugs and techniques used in the process are already fda approved for other uses. Now the challenge for the Stanford Team will be to move the Clinical Trials to larger animals, and if successful, to humans. I would be disappointed if we couldnt ride this to shore. With more than 50 million americans suffering from join pain, it is a ride that many others could appreciate as well. Abc7 news. Now a number of pro athletes have had micro fracture surgery. The rehab can take a while. And the California Institute for regenerative medicine. All right. Lets get to the forecast now. Spencer, i saw a glimmer of hope. Some sunshine on your sevenday forecast. And you are right. You junior meteorologist, you. Pay close attention. Lets look at whats going on tonight. Well have a bit of a martin layer. Hazy, of course, smoke mixing in with the marine layer. Overnight lows, mid to upper 50s. Tomorrow, we expect to see that marine layer pull back from the coastline. Of course, with all the smoke in the air, it may not seem like a bright, sunny day. Upper 60s near the bay to around 80 inland. Heres the accuweather seven day forecast. Well have a oneday warmup on saturday and then up a few degrees on sun. And then mild days ahead. Were concerned about the air quality. Poor tomorrow. Were hoping for improvement over the weekend. Look auts. His point. Oring for moderat a south bay lgbtq residents are getting their own community space. Today a section of post street was established as the qmunity district. There is new lgbtq artwork on the sidewalk and new street light banners advertise the purpose of the space. Beginning with a mere conversation idea of wanting to create a permanent space. Something with identity. A location in down san jose that because of longstanding businesses that you see behind me that have always welcomed in our lgbtq community, but wanting to make a bigger statement. A statement along with the at this and a place of inclusivity and permanency. The district is also near the usual location of the valley pride festival. She has a new show and a new star. Coming up, the restaurant that is her good luck charm. Right now, dan is here with a look ahead to abc7 news at 5 00. Nflt coming up, simmering tensions taking their toll. The future of the Oakland School district. Now that a majority of the school board is walking away. The head of health and Human Services talks abc about hes for a vacci exactly w thinks about vaccine deniers. And virtual rehearsals. How stanford is creating a try my 4 mini munchies with marinara or ranch. Back at jack in the box. Weve learned a lot more about the covid19 virus. Its real. And its dangerous. So, on behalf of all of us working on the front lines, please take it seriously. And while we dont yet have a cure or a vaccine, we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart. Do your best to stay out of crowded spaces. And get a flu shot, its even more important this year. We can do this. If we do it together. Try my 4 mini munchies with marinara or ranch. Back at jack in the box. Tonight on abc7 at 8 00, its holy moly, then holy moly ii, the see kwet the special. The shark attack with robin roberts. Stay with us for abc7 news at 11 00. In youre making a trip to l. 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