Exclusive Salesforce Tower camera. As we look out east with the sparkling bay bridge there. It is wednesday, september 9th. Good morning everyone, im michelle griego. And im len kiese. Good morning. Lets get right to meteorologist mary lee for a look at your wednesday forecast. Good morning, mary. Good morning to you len and michelle. And we are looking at those smoky and hazy skies. We had all of that smoke for the bay area yesterday and thats why temperatures were even cooler than what we expected. Were going to cool it down a little bit more as we today as checking air quality conditions. And you can see unhealthy air, the red dots indicating that on our current air quality map. And as we head through the day, we still have the spare the air alert in effect. Were going a record 23 days in a row with the spare the air alert in effect for the bay area. Its not a record that we want to break by any means and we are looking at that high fire danger that does continue. So still tracking some gusty conditions this morning up in our Higher Elevations about 1,000 feet. So that red flag warning in effect until 8 00 a. M. For the north bay mountains and east bay hills with those dry h values. Erytng is ju d there. As we head through the day, were looking at upper 60s in San Francisco and looking at mid 70s in oakland and upper 80s for san jose and topping out at 93 for concord. Well talk more about what you can expect, taking you through the day. And more of that at least as we head through the week as well and more of that onshore flow kicking in for us. Details on my full forecast coming up. And now lets check in where gianna for a look at traffic on this wednesday morning. Good morning. Taking a look at the roadways early this morning, as far as accidents go, we dont have any to report. Wsweve some foggy itio wherchp issued the advisory on the Golden Gate Bridge. Live look here. Limited visibility going across the span. Right through the in san delays are building into the altamont pass. Coming out of tracy. Its the usual stuff here. Already starting to get a little slow as you work your way westbound 205 connecting on to 580. Past that there, though, theres no troubles to report as you connect on to 680 itself. Your drive times still in the green. So thats good news, 27 minutes to go from 205 over to 680. Ill have look at the bay bridge in the neepne im anne makovec at the live news desk. And we have new video in of a wildfire burning in Plumas County right now. Check it out. This really flared up yesterday prompting new mandatory evacuations that extended to yuba and butte counties. A lot of them going on overnight and you caseth evacuees leaving here amidst all the flames. This is the bear fire. Part of the north complex fire. And this made it move toward this flareup rather made it move to a southwestern direction. Effect in plumas and yuba ent and butte county. This is video from about 1 00 this morning, 162 and marina vista in oroville if you are familiar with disomers ey wemovi in to really to make an attack on this near the loafer creek road recreational area. Now again this is part of the north complex fire. Another one which sparked in the middle of august because of lightning. And there are just some unburned areas that when the weather allows it, just are able to flare up. So were going to be keeping our eye on this all morning. Back to you, michelle. All right, anne, thank you. And happening today, pg e says those impacted by Public Safety power shut offs should have the power back by the end of the day today. The utility will finish up inspections of their power lines in the next couple of hours. Some families have now been without power for 24 hours or more. I had one bar of lte on my cell phone. And no power. So it was a day of work virtually last and its very frustrating. Not only did some folks lose day of work, but most of the schools in the area also closed unable to get on zoom. One Retail Business off sonoma highway said it was not business as usual. The manager estimated that business was down sumed since the power was out. Theyre not open. This morning, three firefighters are in a Fresno Hospital after battling the dolan fire. One is in critical condition. Cbs Danya Bacchus with more on the Fire Fighting efforts underway here in california and in the western part of the u. S. Reporter Mary Breckenridge welcomed her son and his dog banner with open arms. It was pretty nasty. Smoky up there. Oh, yeah. We didnt know what was going to happen. Reporter they were rescued by cal fire helicopter after being trapped by the creek fire for three days. You know my cabin is probably on fire. Our cabin. But this is whats important. Reporter the choppers brought at least 120 people to safety yesterday. The pilots have been challenged by visibility most of all the smoke has been fiter when eywere o bes. More than vernre in lifornia left in the peak of fire season. And its not just here. Fires are burning at an alarming rate across the western united states. Officials in washington say 58 new wildfires started in a 24 hour period. The fireball was coming through the tree line here. Reporter and terrifying images out of oregon. Embers raining down in clackamas county, and mill offi a fire storm. Danya bacchus, cbs news, california. Back here in the bay area, big progress is being made. Cal fire says it expects the scu complex east of san jose to be fully contained by saturday. The lnu fire in the north bay is 91 contained. And the czu in santa cruz county, 81 contained. Now to the states fight against coronavirus. California confirmed 4100 new cases yesterday. But the average test Positivity Rate has dropped below 4 . And hospitalizations are down 24 . A live look at san jose right now. Santa clara county just became one of a handful of counties in california to mothe less restrictive tier. That also means more businesses can light up their open signs including indoor personal care services. Gyms and Fitness Studios with modifications. Schools can also open up if the county remains in the red tier for 14feelthe reopening isnt happening fast enough. Still she cant go to school. She cant see her friends or meet her teachers. We want schools to open. Its a daytoday roller coaster. Theres nothing else we can do right now. County leaders also gave the ok to museums, aquariums and zoos but not to indoor restaurants, places of worship and movie theaters. Santa cruz county also moved into the next tier er bukesantngclara, ndoor dining a movie theaters. Well, today marks a dark day in bay area history. Ten years since a pg e natural gas pipeline exploded killing eight people in san bruno and leveling three dozen homes. Heres a look back. Look at th it completely collapsed right on top of the car. It is almost unrecognizable as a vehicle. Well, days part of the neighborhood is destroyed. Three streets were hit the hardest. Everything is gone. I mean. Everything we owned is completely gone. I mean. Theres nothing left. You survived and your home survived. Who do you thank . God god helped me. The city of san bruno has this message up on its website this morning. Listing the names of the victims and pledging to never forget them. Coming up, a drugmaker leading the way in a covid19 vaccine puts the brakes on its trial. Why the drug is now raising concern. And looking live at the city of San Francisco. 4 s is from our treasu ll be rac right now, we could all use some comforting words, so here it goes melty, melty, tasty, grilly, juicy, sizzle. B m, thaouel bdoy melt so here it goes make it a combo meal for just 5. 99. Melty, melty. And packed with my toasted sourdough bread. Freshly grilled onions, 100 beef. 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Dr. Jeff pontiff works at drug says its not unusual for trials to be brought to a temporary standstill. If theres any whisper or wisp of something that would have gone wrong or sometimes just related to regulatory issues, theres so much paperwork that they would stop the trial temporarily. Reporter c. Richard novak oversees its testing in chicago. Theres some political pressure and fortunately i feel like weve been mostly shielded from it. Reporter yesterday, President Trump reiterated his promise a vaccine will be out by the end of the year. Were toou fast. The vaccine will be safe. These are the greatest companies in the world that do this. Reporter democratic prestibiwants to see a vaccine, but is calling for transparency to make sure its safe when released. Alyse preston, cbs news, new york. Bay area to navigate californias color coded county tier system. Figuring out whether they can survive this pandemic or if theyll they closed for good. County lines are now making all the difference between indoor and outdoor service. The block of Mission Street is the dividing line between daly city and San Mateo County and the city and county of San Francisco. In daly city, on the San Mateo County side, you can get your hair done indoors. But on the other side, you cant. The only county in the bay area still under that restriction. The state says you can open Indoor Dining if you are in the reer bu thonlyour ning isallowed ght w. Atyou unend of seber. Inot re how opup. Because this is my whole life savings. Just open up San Francisco, please. The Citys Department of Public Health says to be more careful because the city is so highly populated saying quote San Francisco is a dense urban city and we must be more vigilant. As long as San Francisco continues to make progress slowing the spread of covid19, we can get businesses and workers back on their feet. Its 4 46. Mary lee has another check of our forecast on this wednesday. Good morning. Good morning to you len. And still tagging the hazy and smoky skies. That dropped the temperatures more than what we were expecting were going to continue the see erdaaswell. Here a look int you firsong the peninsula. And for the south bay. Looking at moderate air quality from redwood city down through san jose. Also from milpitas, fremont and the east bay. Also for the trivalley as we look to concord and d unhealthy groups for walnut creek as well as for oakland. San francisco right now, moderate to unhealthy for sensitive groups and up through sausalito and for lark spur. Also looking at unhealthy air for petaluma this morning. So because of that, we do have a spare the air alert that remains in effect. Were now going a regard 23 days in a row with a spare the air alert for the bay area. So that is the longest stretch of spare the air alerts for the bay area ever recorded. The previous record from back in 2018 during the camp fire with 14 days in a row. Well, heres a live look with our Golden Gate Bridge camera. You can see just how foggy it is as we start off our day. So we are catching that onshore flow along the coast and right around the bay. Bringing that fog into the coast and the bay. Looking at temperatures in the 50s and in the 60s this morning. Heres a look at our red flag w the Higher Elevations. The north bay mountains, east a warning has ended for you. That red flag warning in effect until 8 00 a. M. Today. And i have been tracking gusts up to 40 to 50 Miles Per Hour up in the Higher Elevations. So still not done quite yet with those dry and gusty offshore winds up above 1,000 feet. So that strong pressure gradient, we have the low pressure system bringing snow to colorado. And this High Pressure system just off our coast to our northwest there. And with the two features so close together, we are getting that strong wind flow. So offshore winds especially inland. Now as we go through the day, we are going to see those winds ease thankfully so. And that fire danger will lessen. Now still everything is just so dry out there so still watching those conditions but at least were going to see the winds ease as we head through the day. Daytime highs for the south bay, upper 80s in san jose as well as for santa clara. Low 90s for morganand for th y, 93 concord and for pleasant hill. Upper 80s to low 90s for the trivalley. Around the bay, upper 60s in San Francisco and mid 60s in sausalito and daly city and topping out at 77 for oakland and 79 for san leandro. And mid 80s for the north bay. Heres the extended forecast and what you can expect. Well see temperatures dropping a little bit more as we head through the next few days. With that smoke still in our atmosphere. Lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic on this wednesday morning. Hey mary, good morning. All right, if you are headed out the door this morning and you are headed to the altamont pass, well, weve got the brake lights already starting out of tracy. Heading on to the 580 connector. So things are getting a little bit slow westbound 580. At least to that grant line noflynarea. Also chp is reporting some windy conditions in and around the altamont pass. So they have issued an advisory. Chp issued that advisory overnight. Expecting to be a little gusty as you work through there. Careful if you are traveling in a highprofile vehicle. Were starting to see some yellow popping up on the sensors now so a 30 minute drive time to go from 205 over stshore freeway, clear. Highway 4 and 101 out of the south bay checking in with no delays right now if you are working your way through san jose. We have a lot of brake lights this morning along the nimitz freeway. Southbound 880 loaded up due to construction between 23rd and 29th. This should be out there at least until 6 00 this morning. Certainly a slow ride working through there. 580 is wide open in both directions and you can use that as an alternate route. And the good news is just south of there looking live at one of the cameras here near the coliseum. Traffic looks a lot better as far as the flow goes in that area. Again just north of there thats where you have got all the brake lights on the southbound side through ther and theres t offothe ldate bridgend fog adsory in effect as you head through there. Thats a look at your morning drive. Lets check on sports, heres dennis. Good morning everybody. Lets play two at the oakland coliseum. Question is, could the as beat the astros in two games . Into oracle with a six me gamewinning streak and a 51 lead last night. Game over, right . And lets take a live look outside at the city of san jose. It is 4 51 right now. Well be right back. Dear california, we know these are challenging times. And with summer here, energy bills are rising. 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Do your part t right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, flames riding the wind forcing more people out of their homes. The overnight evacuations and the rush to get out. Plus, a 23 day long spare the air alert. A red flag warning. And more smoky skies. Mary lee has your wild wednesday weather before you head out the door. It was the day of work virtually last and thats very frustrating. And power still shut off in the north bay due to l when the lights will finally come back on. Good morning everyone, its wednesday, september 9th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. Lets get right to mary lee and mary, any sign of a cooldown on the way . There is len and michelle. So we are looking at temperatures a little bit cooler for today. All because of that smoke though that we have in our air here in the bay area. So lets check air quality conditions. And we are looking at moderate to unhealthy air for sensitive groups for many locations. So red dots indicating unhealthy air for everyone. So thats for parts of the Santa Cruz Mountains as well as