Parked across the bay area. We are entering week five of this unhealthy air. Lets get right to chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. What are you seeing, jeff . We are seeing some improvements here as we head through the next 24 and 48hour timeline, but its going to be a little bit slow going. We are still in the unhealthy range here for much of the bay area with that smoke and that haze staying pretty constant. But we have started to notice a key change as of the past several hours, and thats a look at these smoke plumes. You can see how the smoke plumes today were moving more off to the north and the east from the fire near fresno and also those two large fires to the away, an this storm system developing off the coastline. This is a real slow mover. Its going to take its time getting here, but as that surface cold front and the upper level low pressure system moves across, it will begin to change our air quality. Tomorrow morning we are still forecasting some unhealthy air, but in the coming days, there will be some moderate air quality returning. Ill pinpoint the timeline of this. Ill see you back here in about 18 minutes. Even moderate would be great news. Thank you, jeff. Its been nearly a month of these spare the air alerts. People are simply itching to get out. If you do, could you be doing more harm than good to your health . Nbc bay areas cheryl hurd looked into it. Reporter bad air shut down this outdoor covid testing site in concord, but people all over the bay area felt safe enough to exercise outside. I play tennis, so were going to limit our tennis playing tonight. Today seems like its a lot better compared to a few days ago. I cant smell it anymore. Reporter that doesnt mean the air is safe. We are in a whats called a red zone for the air quality index, which means this is unhealthy air for everybody. Reporter Kaiser Hospital santa clara pulmonologist tom dailey says some people may think exercising may outweigh the risks of exposure to bad air, but thats simply not true. Its the equivalent of smoking a pack or a half a pack of cigarettes in a day, going out into this area right now. Reporter according to the index, zero to 50 is good. 50 to 100 is considered moderate. 100 to 150 is unhealthy for sensitive groups and children. 150 to 200 is what were in right now. I know im risking my lung capacity and my respiratory system, and especially with a pandemic being very real right now, its definitely a back and forth before i come out here. But i need my body to move. Reporter ispending time out youre inhaling ultrafine particles in the air that are dangerous to your lungs. People mean well by exercising, but they are doing more harm than good by exercising during poor air quality. Reporter as for when it will be safe, not tomorrow. Dr. Dailey says it will be three or four more days before the air clears enough to resume outdoor activity. In concord, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. Its easy to track the air quality specifically in your neighborhood. Go to our website. Click on the air quality tracker on our trending bar. Then scroll down to the link. Thats at nbcbayarea. Com. New at 11 00, a busy evening for fire crews in fremont. Theyre mopping up after a small brush fire along 680. The flames broke out around 5 00 this evening near the n and new video of that much larger fire in southern california, the bobcat fire still raging near arcadia and sierra madre. The fire has been burning in the Angeles National forest for several days now. Its just 3 contained. Several communities are under evacuation orders. Well, they didnt mince their words today a highprofile meeting which showed the country how divided we are when it comes to Climate Change. President trump in sacramento face to face with governor newsom. Their talk also prompting a strong response from joe biden. Heres nbc bay areas jackie ward. Reporter 50 days out from the election, and if you live in california, your car probably looks like an ashtray. Today in california, President Trump reiterated the fact that california should do a better job managing its forests. Meanwhile, joe biden says our country needs better leadership. Less than two months until election day. Deadly wildfires have the attention of both President Trump and joe biden. President trump blaming california for the massive fires overtaking thousands of homes. You know, you go to europe and different places in europe, countries where theyre forest countries and theyre very, very strong on management, and they dont have a problem. They really dont have with, as they say, more explosive trees than we have in california. Reporter in sacramento, the president met with governor gavin newsom and other state leaders who urged him to recognize that Climate Change is causing severe throughoudrought extreme heat thats fueling the fires. I think theres an area of at least commonality on vegetation forest management, but please respect and i know you do the difference of opinion out here as it relates to this fundamental issue on the issue of Climate Change. If we ignore that science and sort of put our head in the sand and think its all about vegetation management, were not going to succeed to protecting californians. Okay. It will start getting cooler. You just watch. I wish science agreed with you. Well, i dont think science knows actually. Reporter newsom told the president that 57 o californias forests are owned and managed by the larry gerston, nbc bay areas political analyst, says perhaps the president doesnt realize that. He doesnt really understand or acknowledge the extent to which the federal government is is responsible for so much of the forest fires in california. The fact of the matter is the federal government owns more land in this state, more forest land than the states and private sectors and others combined. And more than that, if you look at the source acreagewise of where the forest fires start, its in the its largely in the hands of federal forests. Reporter former Vice President joe biden is calling the president a climate arsonist a and says President Trump is in de denial. This is another crisis he wont take responsibility for. The west is literally on fire, and he blames the people whose homes and communities are burning. He says, quote, you gotta clean your floors. You gotta clean your forest. Reporter in San Francisco, jackie ward, nbc bay area news. Todays president ial visit also came with some problems on the streets. Hundreds of people there in the sacramento area gathering to show their support for President Trump. On the other side of the street, counterprotesters. At one point they surrounded a chp squad car, and one woman climbed on top of the cruiser. That woman was hospitalized. No word tonight on her condition. The chp isnt saying if its taking any action against her or the officer who sped off with the protester on top of the car. Well, tomorrow Vice President ial candidate Kamala Harris will be in town in fresno to visit the creek fire zone near yosemite and meet with fire officials. Senator harris telling us she feared that todays visit by President Trump was just a photo op. She adds her visit will focus on fire victims who are in desperate need of some help. Well, trending downward. Take a look at this graph. It shows the nun mber of daily w covid cases across california. Cases began to dramatically rise, hitting a peak on july 21st with 12,800 new cases in one day. You can see that graphic there. Since midaugust, though, things are backing down. Yesterday, 2,800 new cases, similar to that number back in june. Tonight a big step forward for San Francisco as it tries to recover from a crippling blow. The coronavirus has decimated the citys number one industry, tourism. Can it survive moving forward, even after businesses were allowed to reopen today . More businesses. Heres nbc bay areas terry mcsweeney. Reporter at the hotel nico on mason street, the lobby is shining, and the rooms are ready for tourists or any type of leisure traveler for the first time in months. But theres no rush for a reservation for a couple reasons. One, visitors still need a reason to come to the city. Until the city is open and theres a lot of fun things for people to do and enjoy those tourist activities, were probably not going to see that. Reporter hotels are also not going to see conventioneers or business travelers. Two groups which account for a majority of their business. Everything that sort of makes this place hum is out the door with the exception of leisure travel. Reporter City Government gave the goahead for the reopening late last week, but additional covid19 guidelines for hotels were released just today. Thats left some hotels hesitant to open their doors. So now that we have these new guidelines or the additional guidelines, theyre trying to look at, okay, when can i open, and when should i open because the last thing theyd want to do is open and then have to close again. Reporter for many businesses reopening today, customer response has been overwhelming. At one spa here in downtown San Francisco, they didnt have time for an interview with us because so many customers were wanting that massage. Restaurants, gyms, hair and nail salons and tattoo parlors also got the green light to invite customers back inside but at a very limited capacity. In San Francisco, terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. In contra costa county, coronavirus restrictions are easing a bit this week. Right now the county is in purple on that governors fourtier system. Thats the most restrictive level. But contra costa countys current restrictions are actually more strict than what the state allows for the purple tier. So beginning wednesday, that will change. The county will let any business on the states permitted list to reopen. That means personal care salons and card rooms if they operate outdoors. Well, wear a mask or pay up. Weve heard this before. Tomorrow the Berkeley City Council will 100 fine for people who break the citys rules on masks and socia shows what many people have been complaining about for weeks. Uc Berkeley Students not taking precautions. Someone went as far as creating an Instagram Account that catches cal students not socially distancing. So far this semester, the university has received 24 reports of covidrelated violations. Still ahead here at 11 00, its powerful and invisible to the human eye. The new weapon against the fight against covid. Also more than 2,500 criminal cases in San Francisco now in jeopardy. Utah police say they found an evidence bag full of meth in a lab workers car. We investigate. And were all sick of the smoke. Ill show you exactly why i think we could get a break and get some of this smoke out of here. Ill have my full forecast in about six minutes. So youre a small business, or a big one. You were thriving, but then. Oh. Ah. Okay. Plan, pivot. How do you bounce back . You dont, you bounce forward, with serious and reliable internet. Powered by the largest gig Speed Network in america. But is it secure . Sure its secure. And even if the power goes down, your connection doesnt. So how do i do this . You dont do this. We do this, together. Bounce forward, with comcast business. A legendary San Francisco billionaire has died. Ann getty, who was so active with philanthropy and high society died of a heart attack today. Her husband, gordon getty, making the announcement. The gettys were known as generous supporters of nonprofits including support of the university of california and the San Francisco symphony. Governor newsom, who was very close to the getty family, releasing a statement that reads in part, ann left an indelible mark on the city and helped make it a place where the arts and culture could flourish. San francisco is a greater and more vibrant city because of her creativity and spirit of generosity. Ann getty was 79. A lab worker in the San Francisco medical Examiners Office was just busted in utah for allegedly having an evidence bag full of meth in the car. So what does that mean . The arrest puts more than 2,500 criminal cases he worked on in jeopardy. Heres Investigative Reporter jaxon van derbeken. Reporter for the past 13 years, justin volk has worked as a lab analyst at the San Francisco medical Examiners Office, from duis to sexual assaults, to murders. Now all those cases may tainted after police in utah say they found drugs in his car, including an evidence bag full of meth. In this moment, we should be examining every single element of our criminal legal system. Reporter San Franciscos public defender says the medical Examiners Office has already had problems with its accreditation, and its time to take a long, hard look at what went wrong. In this letter to the city administrator, San Francisco District Attorney chesa boudin is asking for a half a Million Dollars to do just that. In a statement, he concluded, the integrity of our constitution demands that we examine any convictions that relied on his work or his word. I think what this brings to light is the broader issues with the medical Examiners Office. How did this evidence bag out . Was there a procedure to ensure it didnt get out . What other types of procedures are in place . Reporter the city comptrollers oft plans to inspect the m. E. s Office Next Week to see if all drug evidence is accounted for and properly stored. Volk is on leave from his job. We could not reach him for comment. Jaxon van derbeken, nbc bay area news. We will continue to follow that story. Ridership on b. A. R. T. Is down about 90 since the start of this pandemic, but the rate of Violent Crime on the trains has actually gone up. Its now more than six times higher than it was just before this health crisis. Our Investigative Unit just released a new season of derailed, led by our senior Investigative Reporter bigad shaban. Reporter hey, everyone. Well, b. A. R. T. Has 178 sworn of. But the department is about to go through a pretty major restructuring that could dramatically change the role and responsibilities of officers. We explain what this all means for you in our brandnew season of derailed. Thats our Digital Series all about b. A. R. T. Plus we obtain and review thousands of criminal records from b. A. R. T. Police and disciplinary action taken against its own officers. Well show you what we found and why it isnt sitting well with b. A. R. T. s top watchdog. It certainly warrants examination. Reporter that and more in our brandnew series of derailed. You can binge watch all of it right now. Thanks, bigad. You can find that series right on our nbc bay area app, our Youtube Channel or apple tv. Or you can see them all on our website, nbcbayarea. Com derailed. Lets go outside, take a live look in san jose. With each passing day of hazardous smoke in the area, people are getting more anxious about the air in their own homes. To give you a sense of how bad it is, take a look at these air filters. The one on the right was the new one. The one on the left was just three weeks ago. Its a reminder to change your filters often. Other simple air filters duct taped to box fans. Experts also recommend not using sprays or candles. You want to keep your indoors as pollutionfree as possible. So that means not using your gas to cook with or propane. Humidifiers may also help. Then dont filter air, but they do add moisture that could help your lungs. Lets bring in jeff ranieri back with us. We were looking at san rafael area. Its relative good compared to the rest of the bay area. Yeah, were seeing these slight changes as the fog is building in at the coastline. Its all part of this system ive been tracking for days cl. This is where were going to get our help from. So let me bring you the overall expansive view of the weather chart and what im looking at right now. Its all about this trough of low pressure offshore. This is a disturbance in the atmosphere that looks Strong Enough that as it continues to move closer and closer, its going to disrupt the pattern and the winds in the upper levels, 20,000 to 30,000 feet up, theyre going to help to usher out some of this most harmful smoke as we head through the next three days. Theres that area of low pressure. The wind will kick up and smoke moving off toward the east. Tuesday night into friday is wrl when this gets going pretty good. I still think for tomorrow morning for most of us, well wake up with some of that unhealthy air. But then eventually i do think well slide back into the moderate category, certainly as we head into wednesday and thursday based on the current fire activity. Now, if we see the fire activity change, of course this is all off the table. But right now looking at that improvement wednesday and thursday. Lets get you ready for tomorrow morning because we still have covid. The smoke is in the air, its lingering around and we all have stuff to do. Temperatures will be in the low 60s to start. 61 in the trivalley. Right over to San Francisco, watch out for not only the fog but the possibility of some spotty drizzle. Temperatures tomorrow also going to be on the increase with less thick smoke overhead. The sun is going to be able to heat us up more than it did last week. We will go up to 87 in antioch. 79 in san jose. 82 in napa. 80 in santa rosa. For San Francisco, 67. There will be some rain with that approaching system, but its mainly to the north. Eureka to portland, anywhere from a tenth to about a half inch on average. Down into San Francisco, 0. 03 of an inch. My temperatures in San Francisco next couple of days will stay in the 60s with, again, that improving air quality wednesday and thursday. And for the inland valleys, were going to stay pretty comfortable temperaturewise. Not getting too hot with some 80s the next couple of days, even down to 78 on friday as that system finally passes over northern california. Normally a slowmoving system isnt good, but in this case its going to help us out, raj, because its going to kind of sit and keep kind of disrupting things. So everything on track to get some better air in here wednesday and thursday. Thats great. Even saying the rain up north in oregon and washington, very helpful for those states because theyre getting hit so hard right now. Definitely. Thanks, jeff. A closer look at a bright idea. How uv light could stop the spread of covid19. Does it really happen . And we have jimmy. Hi, everyone. Tonight we have an allnew show with jude law, maya erskine, and anna conchal,. Its a great show tonight. Happening now, extreme manufacturing. The company that hosted President Trumps indoor rally in nevada over the weekend is now facing a 3,000 fine for violating covid regulations. Gatherings of more than 50 people are currently banned in nevada. There were also few masks and little social distancing. Were back in a moment. Air quality concerns certainly top of mind for all of us. Carrie is going to tell us what it will take to move all that smoke out of here. New day and new changes for businesses trying to stay afloat. The next round of reopenings tomorrow morning 4 30 to 7 00. In the fight against coronavirus, more places are turning to uv light. The subway system in new york, a restaurant in arizona, even a classroom in missouri are using ultraviolet light to zap the coronavirus. Its a band of electromagnetic radiation thats invisible to the human eye. New technology called faruvc is safer. The director of the center for Radiological Research at Columbia University explains. Faruvc light really cant penetrate through the layer of dead cells on the surface of our skin. The nbas Orlando Magic started using uv light at its practice facility last year to prevent the flu. Experts warn the fda has not approved inhome uv products for prevention of covid. Were back in a moment. We made usaa insurance for veterans like liz and mike. An army family who is always at the ready. So when they got a little surprise. Two . They didnt panic. They got a bigger car for their soontobebigger family. After shopping around for insurance, they called usaa who helped find the right coverage for them and even some muchneeded savings. That was the easy part. Usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it easy. Like so Many Organizations and companies, theres a real push to increase diversity in the workforce. The warriors are no different. Shaun livingston, one of the most respected players from the teams recent championship run, has joined the front office. During his five years on the warriors, livingston became well known as a leader on the court and the community. I remember doing something with him in san jose just a couple years ago. Hell serve as director of Player Affairs and engagement and becomes the highest ranking black person in the warriors front office. Take a look at this. Many of the as players not happy about playing tonight. This was in seattle. Aqi was above 250, very unhealthy, and they play a doubleheader. Mar canna with a tworun homer here. If you can see the ball cut through the smoke. The as beat the mariners 90 in the night cap after losing the first game. This isnt how the 49ers were supposed to start the season. A lastminute loss to the cardinals. Coach shanahan admits the team misses the fans. I know how fired up everyone was for week one, and it was unfortunate our players couldnt feel it. I had to remind them that everyone is doing it in their house. Youre just not going to hear it on the field. By no means is that a i mean thats not why we lost. No excuses. This is probably the biggest reason they lost. Cardinals quarterback kyler murray just wore out that niners defense. He is so good with runs like this. 2420, arizona wins it. Thesunday. The raiders next monday night on monday night football against the saints in las vegas. Were back in a moment. Hi. Were glad you came in. Whats on your mind . Can you help keep these guys protected online . Easy. Connect to the xfi gateway. What about wireless data options for the family . You can customize and save. What about internet speeds that can keep up with my gaming . Lets hook you up with the Fastest Internet from xfinity. And now with our stores reopening, were putting Healthy Practices in place. Come visit a store today. Stop in or book an appointment online at a time that works for you. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Ask. Shop. Discover at your local xfinity store today. We love our new home. Theres so much space. We have a guestroom now. But, we have aunts. Youre slouching again, ted. Expired, expired. Expired. Thanks, aunt bonnie. Its a lot of house. I hope you can keep it clean. At least geico makes bundling our home and Car Insurance easy. Which helps us save a lot of money oh, teddy. Did you get my friend request . Uh, ill have to check. doorbell ringing aunt jonis here for bundling made easy, go to geico. Com. Hello . As we mentioned, even late tonight the air quality is getting better, specifically in the north bay. Jeff joining us with one final update before we go. And its all about this storm system thats approaching offshore. Its beginning to disrupt the atmosphere and starting to send these smoke plumes like the fire down near fresno, you can see that smoke plume as it loops around and heading off to the north and east. The same thing with our fires to the north. The smoke is heading to the north and east as well. With that system offshore, i still think tomorrow will fluctuate into the unhealthy range at times. But by tuesday night into wednesday and thursday, we should start stepping back into the moderate category based on the current fire behavior. So, again, some better air coming our way, a little bit better tomorrow, and then some marked changes certainly wednesday and also on thursday. What about our temperatures . Well, were not going to be too hot this week. Some 80s next couple of days. Is it thursday yet . Good night. Thanks for joining us
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